Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading Catholic bishop delivered the opening statement of the quadrennial debate over whether or not pro-abortion Catholic politicians should receive communion. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver says Barack Obama's running mate Joe Biden should refrain from the sacrament....It's a start, but it appears that it's little more than that.
In an email sent Sunday to the Associated Press, Archbishop Chaput said Biden should following the teachings of the Church by opposing abortion or voluntarily refrain from receiving communion....
And if, remaining obstinately opposed to the Church, he refuses to refrain from Holy Communion....then what? This month Archbishop Burke stated:
"If a person who has been admonished persists in public mortal sin (promotes abortion "rights," etc.) and attempts to receive Communion, the minister of the Eucharist has the obligation to deny it to him. Why? Above all, for the salvation of that person, preventing him from committing a sacrilege..."Archbishop Chaput said that he would try to talk to Biden in an effort to encourage him to reform his abortion views or refrain from receiving Holy Communion. Is it not well past time for "private conversations" with these agents of the culture of death? How many, knowing full well the Church's teachings, continue to openly reject those teachings yet present themselves for Holy Communion as if their actions and beliefs trump the natural law and the doctrines of the Church? How many more decades do bishops need to ask these "Catholics" to repent? We'll see pigs fly before this happens.
We must not neglect to pray for our bishops, priests, and politicians.
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