Last week, Bishop William K. Weigand of Sacramento stood up and acted in the manner Christ expected from those who would follow in the footsteps of his 12 Apostles as shepherds of His flock. As has been widely reported, Bishop Weigand laid down the gauntlet before California Gov. Gray Davis, a nominal Catholic, and told him that as long as he continued his fervent support of the crime of legal abortion he could not receive communion - therefore all but pronouncing excommunication on Davis. Echoing the recent Vatican instruction about supporting so-called Catholic politicians or others who support abortion, the...
