Posted on 02/28/2019 4:53:27 PM PST by Olog-hai
Although the Catholic bishop of Richmond, Va., the Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout, denounced Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.) vote against providing medical help to infants that survive abortions as “appalling and beyond comprehension,” he would not say whether Kaine, a pro-abortion Catholic, should present himself for Communion at Mass in the Diocese of Richmond. […]
Given Kaine’s support for abortion (and for allowing infants that survive abortion to die on a table), CNSNews.com asked Bishop Knestout, “Given Sen. Kaine’s long-held and very public support for abortion, will you instruct him not to present himself for Holy Communion in your diocese? Yes or no?”
In response, the communications director for the diocese, Deborah Cox, replied by email, “Bishop Knestout is very explicit on his stance about this particular legislation and the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311). His joint statement with Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge clearly articulates his thoughts and position on the matter.” […]
In a related case involving the pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), his bishop, the Most Rev. Thomas J. Paprocki, issued a statement in 2018 that Durbin must “not be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of this sin” — his vote against a bill that would have prohibited abortion after 20 weeks (5 months). …
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Excommunicate his sorry a$$.
That’s how you know the leftist agenda is more important.
(This isn't a Catholic Caucus, is it? Sorry to intrude if it was)
And yet - the Church will not.
Tall about it — morally bankrupt and without a shred of any kind of moral authority....
A real profile in courage, that guy.
Agenda and their money. They don’t want to piss off half of their contributors.
The Catholic Church better find its way fast. If it was a US corporation the lawyers would have torn them to pieces.
And then there’s the Tucson Bishop.
One more Bergoglio henchman who needs to be removed from office.
no balls, no morals, no faith
Pelosi’s got a priest...over here....
Has the Church has ever excommunicated some one for being pro abortion?
pathetic Catholic Church can’t afford to turn away all those contributions from the lgbt freak show.
They need the money to pay off all those claims by those kids who’ve been buggered by their priests.
MOrals?
Oh nooo, the church can’t stand on morals.
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