If you ask me, the cardinal didn’t go far enough, especially in regard to Catholic politicians who support partial-birth abortion. Why doesn’t the Church excommunicate anyone anymore?
The only problem is that this is not Church-wide in the United States.
Rudolf Guiliani and Ted Kennedy cannot receive communion in Atlanta, Georgia, for example.
This was done by a proclamation by then Archbishop John Francis Donoghue, who is now the Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta (he is retired).
Archbishop Burke of Saint Louis has been very outspoken on this issue.
The media tried to show bias on the part of Archbishop Chaput of Denver. This resulted in the correct views of the Roman Catholic Church being shown in the New York Times and on CNN. In other words, the media attacks on Chaput backfired...
Money?
The Church does.