Wisc. Bishop Tells Pro-Abort. Catholic Pols: Change Your Stripes or Stay Away from Holy Communion

Yahooooooooooooooooo via Newswire ^ | 1/8/04

[ladylib]

So as not to embarras her (like who really cares if she's embarrassed?) perhaps you could place a call to her legislative office and inform her that she will not be receiving communion next Sunday or any other Sunday.

[xsmommy]

i did see Fat Ted at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, while on a field trip with my then Kindergartener's class(3 yrs ago). I saw him exit right in front of me. as he was getting into the limo i remarked to those around me that it was positively miraculous that a lightening bolt didn't strike and ignite him on the spot.

[cpforlife.org]

For Wisconsin specifically, but word is he'll be doing the same in St. Louis. Awesome.

[BlackElk]

Anti-American Pope???? This is a bit of a stretch. He allied himself very closely with Reagan on the matter of the Soviets and the Iron Curtain. The pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the monarch of the sovereign Vatican City.

When the pope was monarch of the larger Papal States until the 1850s, the popes regularly carried out the death penalty for the same sorts of civil crimes as most governments. John Paul II is simply not personally favorable to the death penalty. It is NOT a matter of dogma any more than is Vatican foreign policy.

By the standards you seem to apply, most churches would be "anti-American." I personally believe that the war in Iraq was just and moral. No Catholic is required to believe otherwise.

[Rocket1968]

Refuse to do it.


Eucharistic Ministers, such as myself, have no authority to refuse communion. Our instructions are that it a matter of conscience.

[Rocket1968]

perhaps you could place a call to her legislative office and inform her that she will not be receiving communion next Sunday or any other Sunday.

I am a lay eucharistic minister. My instructions and training are NOT to question. It is a matter of conscience. The church hierarchy needs to address the issue.

[John O]

Eucharistic Ministers, such as myself, have no authority to refuse communion. Our instructions are that it a matter of conscience.

so if a know satanist comes in wearing a "Praise Satan" T-shirt you'd have to sevre him communion?

(Typo in tribute to Brett Favre)

[oldironsides]

This is long overdue. The double standard and political arse kissing by church hierarchy always disgusted me. Alert Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy,Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and the rest that this is final. Make a choice.

[Rocket1968]

so if a know satanist comes in wearing a "Praise Satan" T-shirt you'd have to sevre him communion?

First of all that is extremely unlikely to happen, but the answer is yes, I am instructed to serve communion. I would have the obligation to speak with the Priest about my concern and let the "authority" of the church handle it.

[St.Chuck]

This is awesome. God bless Bishop Burke.

[John O]

First of all that is extremely unlikely to happen, but the answer is yes, I am instructed to serve communion

We had a couple come to our protestant church a while back. They sat there reading their satanic bibles and getting really really uncomfortable. I guess they wanted to disrupt the service but God had other plans for them. I don't remember if they came back and got saved but I know a lot of seed was planted that day.

Bummer on not being able to follow your conscience while serving

[Kryptonite]

Outstanding!

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[sinkspur]

Bummer on not being able to follow your conscience while serving

It's not a matter of "following his conscience." The disposition of another's soul is not yours or mine to judge, or their worthiness to receive the Eucharist.

Burke's stance has more to do with the scandal that is created by politicians taking positions publicly that contradict Church teaching.

There are likely lots of Catholics who are, wrongly, pro-choice, but they keep their mouths shut, so nobody knows.

[John O]

or their worthiness to receive the Eucharist.

Actually 1 Cor 5:1-5 (among others) gives authority to disfellowship someone over 'extreme' sin. Being an unrepentant baby killer falls into extreme sin in my book.

[sinkspur]

Actually 1 Cor 5:1-5 (among others) gives authority to disfellowship someone over 'extreme' sin. Being an unrepentant baby killer falls into extreme sin in my book.

In the Catholic Church, the pastor or the bishop, the heads of the community, make that decision. Not laymen.

[Concerned]

STONE MOUNTAIN WROTE: "Would this apply to those politicians who support the death penalty as well?"

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Why should it? The LORD GOD Himself not only allows the death penalty, He DEMANDS it! Christians and Jews should SUPPORT the death penalty.

Genesis 9:6--Whoever sheds the blood of man, BY MAN shall his blood be shed..."

And have you ever noticed that Jesus was COMPLETELY SILENT about the death penalty being carried out on the two THIEVES (i.e. NOT even murderers) who died on the cross on either side of Him? There was not even one peep out of Jesus regarding any so-called inhumanity of crucifying murderers, much less mere THIEVES.

If there was ever a time for Jesus to speak out on the subject of the death penalty, surely, THAT was the time to do so.

[Coleus]

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH

DOCTRINAL NOTE
on some questions regarding
The Participation of Catholics in Political Life

Living the Gospel of Life:
A Challenge to American Catholics

A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States

Faithful Citizenship:
Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium

An Old Testament, Litany of Life
Canon Law and Abortion
Sign Petition:
The Gospel of Life--Evangelium Vitae
Herod's Heroes

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Stone Mountain]

The LORD GOD Himself not only allows the death penalty, He DEMANDS it! Christians and Jews should SUPPORT the death penalty.

The pope apparently disagrees with you.

Actually, I got an answer to my question in posts 36 & 39 - thanks anyway, though...