Posted on 04/03/2014 1:43:27 PM PDT by topher
SPRINGFIELD, IL, April 3, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, known for his outspoken defense of the right to life and the natural family, has signaled his support for denying Communion to Catholic politicians who publicly endorse activities gravely contrary to the moral law.
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This is how it’s done.
RE: Illinois bishop upholds priest’s decision to deny Communion to pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin
Will the California Bishop do the same to Nancy Pelosi?
Will the NY Bishop do the same to Andrew Cuomo?
It’s about time. It would be nice if Cardinal Dolan grew a pair.
“The Church will get back in bed with the Democrats just as soon as they get their exemption so that the Church gets to keep money in their coffers.”
Maybe, but I’m not sure. At this point the American Church either fights or becomes increasingly irrelevant. Even if they are just being practical, they must either show they are different from the storefront church across the street festooned with rainbow flags, or they can close up shop (which in my area is exactly what is happening - they are liquidating the assets).
“Because the Church is perfectly comfortable with their congregants supporting abortion in public office, as long as the Church gets to claim with pious fervor that their hands are clean.”
Certainly many in the hierarchy seemed quite comfortable with this; at this point the Church realizes that when you don’t enforce some rules, it becomes nearly impossible to enforce any. Either they take a stand, or continue shrinking.
Dick Durbin is finally defined . . . pro baby killer.
I'm making a list
Checking it twice
Gonna find out
who's naughty or nice...
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Don’t forget John Kerry...would love to see him in the same boat.
RE: Don’t forget John Kerry...would love to see him in the same boat.
Paging Archbishop Patrick O’Malley ...
So is this Lutheran.
Leni
Bring back the fire & brimstone!
The trouble with this is....they are rarely in their home states to begin with, so they’ll continue to go to Mass in the DC area where they WON’T be denied communion. I’m glad they’re finally doing this, even though it’s mainly a symbolic gesture.
She must go to some renegade priest’s church, or take it in private from some similar reprobate.
Gee, from the way he talks, I though Turban de Durbin was Moslem...
Why is it that, while liberal Catholics in general are leaving the Church in droves because they believe in abortion, liberal Catholic POLITICIANS who not only believe in abortion but also vote to provide government funds to CARRY OUT abortions, tenaciously continue to attend church and participate in Catholicism’s most sacred rituals like communion?
Why, except because they’re politicians and benefit among Catholic voters by being ostentatiously Catholic?
What a blessing that a few priests have finally said no to allowing politicians like Dick Durbin to use the Church to promote their selfish political ambitions.
The instant any politician votes for a law that supports abortion, every Christian sect church on Earth should forever excommunicate that politician.
Murder of innocent children is an unforgivable act.
Murder of innocent children is an unforgivable act.
Also seek a restraining order against them from all church property as they have demonstrated the propensity for murder.
Good and they ought to cut off Nanz and Biden while they are at it.
This is going to start happening more and more. A priest and a Bishop with spines!
The best thing that can happen in this case is for this to have National Exposure to News. Then priests would realize they have the right and should deny communion to these politicians...
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