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  • Cardinal Arinze Reiterates - for the N'th Time - No Communion for Pro-Abort Politicians

    07/26/2005 11:25:09 AM PDT · by NYer · 43 replies · 560+ views
    LifeSite ^ | July 25, 2005
    PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - According to Francis Cardinal Arinze, the Vatican's chief over the administration of the sacraments, the denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a no-brainer. Speaking at a dinner in Pittsburgh over the weekend, Arinze responded with his usual wit to the question, "Should Catholic legislators who support legal abortion 'be refused' Communion?"The Cardinal elicited laughter when he rejoined, "I ask you, do you really need a cardinal from the Vatican to find the answer?"He quipped, "Are there no children from First Communion to whom you can pose the question and receive the answer?...