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To: Belteshazzar
"If her priest, bishop, and pope cared anything about her eternal soul, they ought to excommunicate her forthwith."

They have, she's been reminded by her bishop about the "ipso facto", ('latae sententiae') excommunication that takes place when a Catholic politician fosters legalized abortion, or a Catholic procures an abortion.


("A person who procures a successful abortion incurs an automatic (latae sententiae) excommunication." [Code of Canon Law 1398].

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:

"Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," [CIC, can. 1398] "by the very commission of the offense," [CIC, can. 1314] and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. [Cf. CIC, cann. 1323-1324] The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society." (C.C.C. # 2272) NOTE: "Formal cooperation includes the doctor, nurses, clinic, and politicians who have made abortions possible.

25 posted on 06/01/2010 12:06:23 PM PDT by jiminycricket000
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To: jiminycricket000

Theory.

Is she still being communed in her home parish and elsewhere?

Theory means nothing. Theory is like the fenceless border with Mexico.

Rules that can be defied without consequence are worse than no rules at all.


26 posted on 06/01/2010 12:26:54 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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