[jwalsh07]

The Church has never formally acknowledged John Kerry as having excommunicated himself by his long time support of unfettered abortion. He continues to receive the host in Catholic Churches in Boston and DC.

How he does that is beyond me and how the Bishops countenance it is well beyond me.

[redhead]

"How he does that is beyond me and how the Bishops countenance it is well beyond me."

Exactly. What must his Guardian Angel be thinking? He must have lost the last shred of his conscience a long time ago. So sad...

[maryz]

He continues to receive the host in Catholic Churches in Boston and DC.

DC is who -- McCarrick? 'Nuff said. And the "Catholic" church Kerry favors in Boston is the infamous Paulist Center, which advertises itself IIRC as "a worship community in the Roman Catholic tradition" -- whatever that means. (I hear they skip chunks of the Creed that don't conform to their views.) Or maybe the Jesuit Center, with its rainbow flag decor. The Paulist Center at least should have been nipped in the bud 40 years ago, but wasn't.

For the record, O'Malley did at least state publicly (during the campaign) that "Catholic" politicians that defied the Church on abortion should not receive.

[StJacques]

"The Church has never formally acknowledged John Kerry as having excommunicated himself by his long time support of unfettered abortion . . ."

See the link in my previous post. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has acknowledged it.

This may not necessarily mean that some priest in Massachusetts still gives him communion though, but if that is the case, then the priest can be excommunicated too.