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To: Servant of the Cross

Of course, they are Catholics and leaders within the party that Catholics most support and vote for.


69 posted on 05/27/2015 2:21:01 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: ansel12
I you were honest about the teachings of the Catholic Church, you would note post #60 about homosexuality, and this about abortion.

2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:

You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish. 75

God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes. 76

2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae ," 77 "by the very commission of the offense," 78 and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. 79 The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.

Biden, Pelosi, Kerry, Durbin, Landrieu, etc. have already excommunicated themselves from the Catholic Church.

71 posted on 05/27/2015 2:28:39 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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