Mexican Diocese to Deny Communion to Catholic Politicians Who Voted to Legalize Abortion

Catholic News Agency ^ | 3/14/22 | Staff

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After the legislature of the Mexican state of Sinaloa voted to legalize abortion up to 13 weeks, the Diocese of Culiacán announced that Catholic politicians who voted in favor of the law will not be able to receive the Eucharist or be godparents.

In a statement, Father Miguel Ángel Soto Gaxiola, director of the Culiacán Commission for Life, Family, Youth and Laity, officially announced that Catholic lawmakers who voted in favor of abortion that the decision to deny them Communion is "the recognition of the objectively unworthy state of a person to receive the Body of Christ.”

The Culiacán Diocese is in the state of Sinaloa and includes the capital city of Culiacán. Sinaloa became the seventh Mexican state to decriminalize abortion.

In the letter addressed to Catholic politicians, Father Soto Gaxiola pointed out that "today we have many people scandalized by the public betrayal of the Church's teaching on faith and morals by those legislators who call themselves 'Catholic'."

He continued: "Indeed, the questioning of the faithful makes sense: How can a Catholic who openly promotes and is in favor of policies contrary to Life come to Mass and approach to take communion?

“In the Magisterium of the Church, the value of life has always and at all times been defended from its conception until its natural death,” the statement said.

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Good News Ping

[NetAddicted]

HALLELUJAH! Helps explain why 27% jump in Hispanic Republican registration.

[packagingguy]

Finally a word of encouragement. Christians acting like, well, Christians.

[golux]

Now this, here, is a blatant case of the Church's out-of-touch sensibilities.

What right do these people have to judge another person just because he (or she, please! Or SHE, but that's another issue entirely)

...Just so happens, let's say by accident, or because of oppression and racism and/or The Betterment of Society as a Whole,

to actively promote legal, health-department supervised reassignment of a hundred million or so (or less! Probably MUCH MUCH LESS!) groups of nonviable irritant parasite cells.

Does the Church never stop to consider the effect of social embarrassment upon the very leaders who are working so hard to make the world a better place? A better place for All?

C'mon man!

Hey Church! Who's side are you on? Ours? Or ...

Wait a minute.

Crap.

[Robwin]

"Indeed, the questioning of the faithful makes sense: How can a Catholic who openly promotes and is in favor of policies contrary to Life come to Mass and approach to take communion?

How indeed? Yet in this country it is a daily occurrence, including by the POTUS, yet the Church hierarchy stands around with its thumb up the proverbial orifice.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Pope Soros ain’t gonna like this.