There was a Catholic priest in Congress back in the 70s (from Massachuttes, of course) who said he "personally" thought abortion was "infanticide" but he would vote 100% abortion because he "couldn't use the government to force his views on women") The Pope at the time (probably John Paul II?) eventually forced the marxist "priest" to resign by issuing a decree saying all active Catholic priests were prohibited from serving in secular government offices.
Anyway, glad to see the bishop of Rhode Island has some balls. Still, its the same situation when DICK Durbin was denied communion in Springfield for being pro-abortion. It would have been FAR more effective if his OWN bishop (Cardinal George at that time) had ordered him to be banned from communion. Ditto with Kaine... the bishop of Richmond, VA needs to grow a pair.
Interesting comment I made on FB but never got an answer too... how come protestant officials never discuss the possibility of withholding communion from pro-abortion members? It should be a lot easier for them to make that decision if its "only a symbol". (of course in Hillary's case, I believe she's a Methodist, and its unlikely we'd find a hardcore pro-life Methodist bishop that would argue pro-abortion Methodists shouldn't receive communion)
The Jesuit priest that voted 100% pro-abortion in Congress (and was replaced by Barney Frank when Pope John Paul the Great ordered priests not to serve in secular elective office) was Robert Drinan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Drinan