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  • Bishop cautions politicians

    06/10/2004 9:12:43 AM PDT · by Phx_RC · 11 replies · 92+ views
    The Arizona Republic | June 10, 2004 | Michael Clancy
    Catholic politicians who unambiguously support a woman's right to choose should not receive communion, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said Wednesday. But he declined to say he would deny communion to politicians who do not follow church teaching on abortion. Asked directly about what he would do if Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic candidate for president who is a Catholic and supports abortion rights, came to him for communion, the leader of the Diocese of Phoenix said, "I would hope that would not happen." "If he asked about it," he said, "I would tell him he should not receive communion."...