Posted on 12/17/2013 7:07:58 AM PST by Morgana
Catholics across the United States have for years wondered if and when pro-abortion “Catholics” like Nancy Pelosi or John Kerry would be told not to present themselves for Communion because they are out of step with Catholic Church teachings on the sanctity of human life.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis and now the chief justice at the Vatican’s highest court saying prohibiting Pelosi and Kerry from receiving Communion”makes perfect sense,” according to a new interview Burke gave to EWTN.
As CNS News reports on the interview:
In an interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on Dec. 13, Cardinal Burke explained that it is necessary to protect the Sacrament, the Communion wafer offered at Masses, from “being profaned, being violated by someone receiving unworthily,” someone “who knows that he or she is unworthy and yet presumes to come forward and to take the Holy Eucharist.”
Host Arroyo then asked, “Now, over the years, you have said everybody from John Kerry to Nancy Pelosi to Rudy Guiliani — these are public figures who are, by and large, pro-choice, in their public pronouncements, and manifestly so — you’ve said they shouldn’t receive the Sacrament. Now, over the years, you have received such scorn, for that clear teaching, do you ever stop and say, ‘Maybe I should back off a little bit’?”
Cardinal Burke, whose official title is Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, or chief of the Vatican’s highest court, said, “I’ve thought about it because I’ve received very severe criticism, both at the time that I was insisting on applying the discipline and also in my writing and other situations. But I have to say that, I think about it again, the discipline itself, and it’s a consistent discipline from the time of St. Paul, from the very first years of the Church, and it makes perfect sense.” “In fact, it makes such fundamental sense that I can’t feel badly about it or question [it],” said the cardinal. ‘The question in my mind is, ‘Why don’t more people understand this?’ Because I don’t consider it to be rocket science or some kind of very unusual insight. It’s something that is natural to our Faith.”
The cardinal continued, “The Holy Eucharist is the most sacred reality. It is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. And I simply wouldn’t approach to receive Holy Communion if I was in a state of sin, and neither would I give Holy Communion to someone who I knew was in a state of sin.”
This isn’t the first time Burke has said they should not receive communion.
In a September interview with The Wanderer, a Catholic newspaper, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, sheds light on Pelosi and communion. He issues a call for pro-abortion politicians to be denied the sacrament — saying that Catholic Canon law must be applied to them.
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In July, Pelosi was at it again — with another crass comment on the abortion issue. This time, she went after pro-life Republicans saying they need a lesson in Sex Education 101. She attacked pro-life legislators in state legislatures across the nation who are passing new pro-life laws to limit abortions in places like Texas and North Carolina, saying they needed a lesson on “the birds and the bees.”
The recent comments come after Pelosi put her foot in her mouth during a press conference, calling the battle to keep late-term abortions legal sacred ground.
Pro-life leaders shocked by removal of Cardinal Burke from important Vatican post
Not good enough. Excommunicate them. Every single pro choice politician should be kicked out of the Catholic Church.
The scriptures speak of a reprobate mind.Pelosi sure fits the description.She’s toast for sure if she doesn’t change.
Burke is my favorite Cardinal and I am trying to figure out why he lost his job with the Congregation for Bishops. If I find out that he was canned for actually standing up for Catholic principles and Pope Francis was behind it I am through supporting Francis. I know he’s the Pope, but down through the history of the Church there have been good popes and bad popes. Maybe Burke wanted out. I will find out one way or the other. In addition to Burke being removed there were two other conservative Cardinals replaced. Burke was replaced by Cardinal Donald Weurl, who’s as liberal as they come.
Pelosi is a psychopath.
“Embrace the Suck”
Nancy Pelosi is a Fraud Catholic. She has no religion except what benefits her.
May she be engulfed in the Ted Kennedy grease fire for a million years,and may that just be the beginning.
From Pope Francis: No more business as usual
By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-editor
November 26th, 2013
...But the bulk of Francis' statement addresses the church, which, he said, should not be afraid to "get its shoes soiled by the mud of the street."The Pope also hinted that he wants to see an end to the so-called "wafer wars," in which Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are denied Holy Communion. His comments could also be taken as another sign that he plans to reform church rules that prevent divorced Catholics from receiving the Eucharist.
"Everyone can share in some way in the life of the Church; everyone can be part of the community, nor should the doors of the sacraments be closed for simply any reason," Francis said.
"The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak."...
“The Pope also hinted that he wants to see an end to the so-called “wafer wars,” in which Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are denied Holy Communion”
I looked into that statement with liberal CNN made it. These are not Francis’ words. The writer made up the entire sentence.
Thanks, I’m glad to hear that.
“The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”...
Once again, liberals wanting to believe he meant giving pro-abortion people Holy Communion. No where does he say that’s what he meant. You have to be in full communion with the Church and you have to be in a state of grace to receive Holy Communion. Pro-aborts are spitting in the face of the church.
“Powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak” simply means what it says. Pro-abortion politicians are certainly not weak and they know exactly what they are doing. Other Catholics, as poor as Job’s turkey, that are living their life according to the teachings of the Church, are weak in material possessions, but they are in a state of grace. That’s all I read into the statement.
Denying Oxygen to Nancy Pelosi “Makes Perfect Sense”
*8Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis and now the chief justice at the Vatican’s highest court saying prohibiting Pelosi and Kerry from receiving Communion ”makes perfect sense,” according to a new interview Burke gave to EWTN. **
But it’s up to their individual Bishops to act on this.
Just as I’ve felt all along.
Although what do I know, I’m just a lay schmuck.
Why is he you favorite Cardinal? answer that and you'll know why he was canned. BTW he's my favorite too. I think we conservative Catholics are in for some dark days. But don't be afraid...we know who wins in the end.
You're right. The Church survived Alexander VI and the rest of the Renaissance Popes...it will survive this one too.
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