Posted on 02/22/2018 8:49:54 AM PST by fatima
Statement from Bishop Thomas John Paprocki on Senate Failure to Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Children’s Act----- Edit------
Canon 915 of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law states that those “who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” In our 2004 Statement on Catholics in Political Life, the USCCB said, “Failing to protect the lives of innocent and defenseless members of the human race is to sin against justice. Those who formulate law therefore have an obligation in conscience to work toward correcting morally defective laws, lest they be guilty of cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good.” Because his voting record in support of abortion over many years constitutes “obstinate persistence in manifest grave sin,” the determination continues that Sen. Durbin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of this sin. This provision is intended not to punish, but to bring about a change of heart. Sen. Durbin was once pro-life. I sincerely pray that he will repent and return to being pro-life.
**Sen. Durbin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of this sin. This provision is intended not to punish, but to bring about a change of heart. Sen. Durbin was once pro-life. I sincerely pray that he will repent and return to being pro-life.**
Cant they lose their 501C3 protection for that?
Why do they not follow Scripture and throw him out until he repents??
I know some will say that this barring from Holy Communion lacks mercy, but it is perfectly Biblical. It protects Durbin from the sacrilege of unrepentant false Communion (which would be a mortal sin); it protetcts the Blessed Sacrament from profanation/sacrilege; and it protects the faithful from the scandal which occurs when manifest public sinners are not called to repentance.
Paproki's mercy reflects that of Almighty God, Who does not want any to perish but that all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth.
I am reminded that those to try to be "more merciful than God" end up ignoring or even enabling heartless people in their most merciless crimes. Check the Tagline by Flannery O'Connor.
No.
This is as serious as it gets. Durbin’s out of Communion. What do you want, defenestration?
Deo gratias!
If only we had a few more bishops like him.
News flash to the Bishop.
There is nothing biblical about a catholic holy communion.
So who gives a flying pope hat?
More made man laws by religious business.
Nobody needs to adopt the catholic business culture to get into heaven.
Diselection would be even better!
;^)
One down and oh-so-many-more to go.
Finally a bishop with some spine. Kudos to him.
It has always disturbed me how my Church will host and fete Democrat politicians who have never met an abortion they wouldn’t vote for.
Amen,I checked and our Senator Casey voted in favor of the bill.Almost fell over.
No. It's a matter of faith and not politics.
When He says "This is My Body," Catholic believers say "Amen." But demons cry out “We know who you are. You are the Son of God!”. And the difference is, they hate, hate, hate Him.
It’s quite clear that some people just want to bitch about the Catholics. Facts and logic are irrelevant to them.
Bingo! Oops, hallelujah! ( Next: Pelousy! Biden?).
“What do you want, defenestration?”
From what floor of the building is he to be tossed?
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