Just for curiosity, have you ever commented about this this blind side you've repeatedly discussed on Msgr Pope's blog, itself?
If so, what was his response to your observation?
Excellent idea, Mark. Here’s is a good opportunity for some articulate orthodox Catholics to press the good Msgr to look hard at the steaming heaps of bafflegab coming from the USCCB.
Yes.
His response was that there are “prudential” considerations, which I was not taking into account.
But the virtue of prudence has to do ONLY with choosing from among non-sinful alternatives. Giving grave scandal is ALWAYS a mortal sin. Giving Communion to Nancy Pelosi and others of her ilk, is ALWAYS a cause of grave scandal.
Read Cardinal Wuerl’s several statements on the matter. There isn’t a word of truth in any of them, and many falsehoods. Just one example: Repeatedly he refers to Denial of Communion as a “penalty.” It is not a penalty.
The reason he does this is that he wants to pretend that he has the authority to “impose the penalty” or not.
Denial of Communion is not a penalty but an obligation, simply because the alternative (giving Communion in those situations) is a mortal sin.