Albany Diocese to maintain the status quo...

Bishop Howard Hubbard and other priests in the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese won't deny Communion to elected officials whose political beliefs conflict with the church's teachings on abortion, diocesan officials said Friday.
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Catholics who oppose abortion have tried for 20 years to get the Pope to deny Communion or even excommunicate policy-makers who back abortion rights, said Frances Kissling, the president of the Washington, D.C., group.
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Only a few of the 300 U.S. bishops will deny the Eucharist to Catholic officials who back abortion rights, Kissling said.

"The remainder appear to be more prudent, understanding that Catholics have a right in canon law to receive the sacraments and that there is no infallible teaching on how to vote on either abortion or other controversial issues," she said.

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