Dr Ed Peters: Cdl. McCarrick vs. Abp. Burke

Recently Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed his opinion on an important point of pastoral practice, namely, whether to withhold Holy Communion from notoriously pro-abortion Catholic politicians. McCarrick specifically expressed disagreement with Abp. Raymond Burke, who holds that the Eucharist should not be administered to certain pro-abortion Catholic politicians. But in disagreeing with Burke, I think that McCarrick mischaracterized the question and Burke's compelling answer to it.

Read about it at: http://www.canonlaw.info/2007/10/in-re-eucharist-cdl-mccarrick-vs-abp.html