And in another related story....

Cardinal Ratzinger lays out principles on denying Communion, voting

Notice how CNS deliberately distorts the words of Cardinal Ratzinger. This is another reason why, I think, CNS is such a poor example of truthful Catholic News reporting.

In a recent memorandum, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger laid out the principles under which bishops or other ministers may must deny Communion to Catholic politicians who consistently promote legal abortion.

At the same time, he said it is not necessarily sinful for Catholics to vote for politicians who support abortion, as long as they are voting for that candidate for other reasons for "proportionate" reasons.

And this is how "proportionate" reasosn are explained:

In other words, if a Catholic thinks a candidate's positions on other issues outweigh the difference on abortion, a vote for that candidate would not be considered sinful.

This is, at the very least, confusing and at worst, an outright lie.

But then read the story here, courtesy of the USCCB.