Wanna bet?
At least one American "catholic" politician will be publicly told not to present themselves for Holy Communion (not exactly formal "excommunication" per se) before the end of this year. Sebelius was privately instructed not to present herself for Holy Communion, which explains her vendetta against the Church in this HHS mandate.
Cardinal Burke is now Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and the proper application of Canon 915 (excommunication of grave sinners who cause scandal) is his pet project. He has not let it slide. The bishops and the Vatican are realizing this MUST be done. You'll see it soon enough.
Privately telling a Catholic to avoid holy communion is in no way real excommunication.
Public excommunication described here by Jesus Himself: “
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
To “tell it to the church...” in the New Testament context is to make it public...and to treat them as a pagan or tax collector is to eject them from the Church PUBLICLY.
Pelosi and practically every other radically socialist/fascist politician in America—from a Roman Catholic background, ALWAYS gleans votes from Catholic constituents by pushing the fact that “they are Catholic.” This is just wrong.
Probably half the most liberal politicians in America claim “they are Catholic,” and nothing is ever done about it, except occasionally a gutsy bishop or priest (privately) won’t serve them Communion. Then they still go out and brag about being Catholic.
HEY ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS: If a person is refused communion—and is unrepentant—GET SOME GUTS AND MAKE THEIR EXCOMMUNICATION PUBLIC!!!
“Wanna bet?”
I hope you are right! I hope the Bishops start excommunicating these CINO’s. They are a public scandal that has been allowed to fester much too long.
It is time the Church quits caring about what the Kennedy/social justice democrat catholic wing thinks. If they are offended, let them leave. The church will survive without them just fine; the church has always been about quality rather than quantity. Jesus had very few followers during his lifetime; the vast majority of the Jews were not having it, and that did not cause Jesus to change or water down his message.
The church needs a purge and needs to get back to its true teachings.
“Wanna bet?”
I hope you are right! I hope the Bishops start excommunicating these CINO’s. They are a public scandal that has been allowed to fester much too long.
It is time the Church quits caring about what the Kennedy/social justice democrat catholic wing thinks. If they are offended, let them leave. The church will survive without them just fine; the church has always been about quality rather than quantity. Jesus had very few followers during his lifetime; the vast majority of the Jews were not having it, and that did not cause Jesus to change or water down his message.
The church needs a purge and needs to get back to its true teachings.