St.Louis Archbishop expects ministers to be communion cops

So claims Daniel Burke of Religion News Service...

This hit piece on Archbishop Burke comes from the Kansas City Star via St Louis Catholic via Kansas City Catholic:

A hardline U.S. Roman Catholic archbishop is urging ministers to deny Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, arguing that it’s a “mortal sin” to offer the sacrament to “the unworthy.”

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, a veteran of clashes between Catholic bishops and politicians, has attempted for years to enlist fellow bishops to deny communion to wayward politicians.

Now the conservative cleric is invoking the church’s highest punishment — mortal sin — to convince the lay and ordained Catholics who distribute Communion at Mass to safeguard the sacrament.

Good commentary at both Catholic blogs above. And we should have no doubt that we will be hearing more of this is the not too distant future.