Priests urge bishops not to deny politicians Communion over abortionThat's right, it will cause confusion. Catholics might begin to think that sin is real, or that there might really be something special about the bread and wine which becomes consecrated at Mass. We certainly don't need anything like this in our parishes these days. Why - someone may even begin to question if there really is a....Hell! This would seem like a return to the Middle Ages! A turning back the clocks from our freedom to believe anything, post Vatican II.
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (CNS) -- An organization of priests in the Milwaukee Archdiocese has urged that the U.S. bishops not refuse Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion legislation that is contrary to Catholic teaching. The priests made the comments in a letter to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington as head of the U.S. bishops' Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians...
The priests expressed concern that using the Eucharist as a sanction may cause confusion among the faithful.
Father Burkert, who is also pastor of St. Roman Parish in Milwaukee, said in his view, "if Jesus could share the Eucharist with Peter and Judas -- and they would both deny and betray him -- then maybe we could be as generous as Christ in extending the Eucharist."Hey Padre, Peter hadn't sinned yet (by denying our Lord) and there is no definitive proof from the Gospels that Judas actually received the Eucharist.
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