Posted on 11/09/2021 5:41:33 PM PST by ebb tide
Sen. Dick Durbin, a pro-abortion Democrat, complained this week that his Catholic diocese is being “fundamentally unfair” by denying him Communion.
Townhall reports the Illinois politician said his home diocese, the Diocese of Springfield, has refused to allow him to participate in the sacrament since 2004 because of his pro-abortion stance.
“It’s not a happy experience,” he told America Magazine. “I found another Catholic venue, the Archdiocese of Chicago, and a church where they were willing to let me in and allowed my wife to join me. So it’s become my new faith home.”
Durbin, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1997, has a 100-percent pro-abortion voting record, according to National Right to Life. He recently even opposed a bill to protect newborns who survive abortions from infanticide.
In the new interview, Durbin complained that some Catholic leaders are being “fundamentally unfair” by denying Communion to politicians like himself. He said he thinks anyone should be allowed to participate if they think they are worthy to receive the Eucharist.
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Then, Durbin criticized church leaders for not being as harsh with President Donald Trump about his support of the death penalty, according to Townhall.
“If we’re going to start down this road of denying Communion, where do we stop?” Durbin asked.
However, Trump is not Catholic so Communion was not an issue with him. And while the Catholic Church opposes both abortion and the death penalty, abortion is a more egregious and pressing problem because it kills exponentially more human beings: nearly 1 million unborn babies every year.
The Illinois senator argued that other Catholics who support abortion receive Communion all the time, so he should, too.
He continued: “[M]y views on abortion are publicized regularly with my voting record. Other Catholics may share my point of view — statistics suggest they probably do — but they show up to Communion every week without any questions asked. In the end it is a personal decision to stand at that rail, and I think with very few exceptions, Communion is offered to anybody if the person believes that they are worthy of it.”
Durbin is one of a number of national politicians who professes to be Catholic while supporting the killing of unborn babies in abortions. President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski are among others.
U.S. Catholic bishops have expressed serious concerns that these politicians, through their prominence and actions, are creating “scandal” for the church by making it seem acceptable to be Catholic and support abortion.
Later this month, the U.S. bishops are scheduled to vote on a document from their Committee on Doctrine “with the aim of clarifying the church’s stance” on worthiness to receive Communion.
Earlier this year, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who leads Pelosi’s home diocese, published a pastoral letter making the case that pro-abortion politicians should be denied Communion. He said this action may be “the only recourse a pastor has left” if pro-abortion politicians obstinately persist in their sin and refuse to repent.
Cordileone’s letter received praise from Archbishop Joseph Naumann, who chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Naumann agreed that Catholic politicians who advocate for abortions are “creating scandal by encouraging others to do evil.”
Though some have accused the church of politicizing the matter, the bishops made it clear that the issue is about faith and their concern for people’s souls, and they are not targeting any political party or politician. Pro-abortion politicians in both parties have been denied Communion. Many bishops have said the church must do something to make it clear that Catholics cannot support the grave moral evil of abortion and must repent before participating in Communion.
Some priests and bishops, however, have said they will not refuse Communion to Biden or any other pro-abortion politician, including Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the priests at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, which Biden attends while in Washington, D.C.
"Archdiocese of Chicago", whose antibishop is Francis Cardinal Blazing Cupich.
Ping
“I found another Catholic venue...”
Kinda says it all. He’s not one the Faithful.
At least he’s a Commie, Jim.
Sounds close enough.
It’s like BJ losing his law license over a blow job. Does it really matter? Does he care?
“Archdiocese of Chicago”, whose antibishop is Francis Cardinal Blazing Cupich.”
Also “Father” Pfleger.
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“Durbin criticized church leaders for not being as harsh with President Donald Trump about his support of the death penalty...however, Trump is not Catholic so Communion was not an issue with him.”
Dick Durbin, canon theologian, displaying some serious intellectual chops right there.
Since a ton of Democrats are functionally(key word) atheists to begin with, I am surprised any of them even care.
Rush Limbaugh called him Turbin. LOL
Wilton Gregory was a douche and despised as a compromising suck up who was endorsed by the hierarchy to bring more blacks into the Catholic church when I was in the seminary. His classmates disliked him intensely. He is still an opportunistic douche. That he supports abortion supporting politicians says everything you need to know about his beliefs and desire for power
“abortion is a more egregious and pressing problem because it kills exponentially more human beings”
Well, I’d say the really important moral difference is that abortion intentionally kills innocent human beings. The death penalty at least ostensibly is not intentionally trying to kill innocent people, even if we know that it does happen.
Catholic politicians who publicly support abortion are the least concerned about being denied Communion.They’re merely adding theatrics to the hoax they are playing on the general public.
A friend of mine went to high school with Lil Sick Durbin in downstate Illinois, told me that back then, even though Durbin attended a Catholic school, he ran with a bad crowd of teens after school. They would pile in a car and go to East St. Louis where they played a “game” they called n***er polo. One guy would hang out a window as the driver would drive close to the sidewalk...they took turns. The guy hanging out the window, in order to score, had to ssuccessfully swat black pedestrians with a stick as the car drove by the unsuspecting victims. Durbin has always been a douchebag.
Durbin complains the way all brats do...ducking personal responsibility and saying “...but Ma, all the OTHER kids do ...”
Here in HELLINOIS, we call him DICHEAD DURBIN.
I haven't been a Catholic for more than 30 years, and yet I remember reciting these words before receiving holy communion:
"Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed."
Another version that I've heard, said before communion is:
“Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.”
Which brings me to my point about Dick Durbin: The absolute arrogance of his statement is stunning. He considers himself "worthy" of receiving Holy communion.
The only thing we are worthy of is God's wrath and the punishment we all as sinners deserve. Thankfully, our Father in Heaven had our redemption to Him planned and worked out through the blood of Jesus Christ, the perfect sacrifice for our sins. I trust God's almighty judgement and I would not want to be Dick Durbin on Judgement Day. The arrogance of that man just makes me sick.
Durbin's home diocese is 100% correct in withholding Holy communion from him. They are trying to save him from sin, a point that's lost on Durbin.
You're correct. The statement is not accurate.
Abortion is an inherently evil act; there is no possible justification for killing an unborn baby.
The death penalty itself is not evil, but it can be applied incorrectly and unfairly. That has been the primary issue with the Catholic hierarchy.
Every Bishop , if they want to have any credibility should deny pro abortion politicians like Durbin communion-it is not a matter of individual sin but public advocacy-they haven’t met an abortion they do not like and want taxpayer $s to pay-Durbin and his like , well their god/religion is the democratic party-same for Bishop Gregory
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