Monday, November 08, 2004

Rainbow Sashers Receive Homy Communion at Minneapolis Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Paul Sunday became a pulpit for both a Catholic gay rights group that showed up and received Communion wearing rainbow sashes and a rival group that prayed the rosary on the church steps to express disapproval.

Archbishop Harry J. Flynn has said he won't deny Communion to sash wearers even though Catholic leaders in other cities including Chicago have refused the gay activists communion. Roman Catholic Church doctrine condemns homosexual practices.

"The Holy Communion ought not to be used as a form of protest or a litmus test," said archdiocese spokesman Dennis McGrath. "It's up to people's individual consciences. They are supposed to be in a state of grace."
Is it no wonder Catholics are confused when bishops and priests ignore public support for the homosexual lifestyle and determine that there is no scandal or sacrilege occurring?

Pray for the apostates and those who continue to call evil good and good evil...

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