US Bishops, Abortion question draws protesters

ENGLEWOOD - Judie Brown said she believes Catholic bishops have a moral obligation to warn abortion rights politicians - including presidential hopeful John Kerry - that they risk an eternity in hell if they continue to take Communion while in a state of grave sin.

Lena Woltering said she thinks that when people like Brown say that, the Eucharist is being used as a political weapon in an election year.

Brown, founder and president of the American Life League, said the abortion issue trumps all others when it comes to bishops speaking out on matters facing congregations. To allow Catholic politicians to take the Eucharist while supporting abortion rights is akin to "desecrating Christ," Brown said.

Woltering, who sits on the board of Call To Action - a national organization seeking Catholic Church reforms - said there is much inconsistency with a hardline stance that denies Communion to abortion-rights politicians.

Apparently, Woltering has not read the Holy Father's Encyclical or any of the other documents relating to this issue.

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