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In Ireland, a politician has been refused communion and told he has excommunicated himself from the Catholic Church because he voted to legalize abortion.
Fine Gael TD Colm Burke voted in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment, which had provided legal protection for unborn children.
At Whitechurch in Blarney parish on Friday, Burke attended a funeral where three Catholic priests were providing communion and he went to Fr Gabriel Burke to receive the sacrament.
The politician Burke said: “He gave me a blessing. I advised him that I was here to receive holy communion, and he said you are not getting holy communion.
“He then leaned forward and said, ‘You have been excommunicated’. This was in front of the family. I decided there was no point in any further discussion as it wasn’t appropriate, so I moved off at that stage.”
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Fine Gael TD Colm Burke voted in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment, which had provided legal protection for unborn children.
At Whitechurch in Blarney parish on Friday, Burke attended a funeral where three Catholic priests were providing communion and he went to Fr Gabriel Burke to receive the sacrament.
The politician Burke said: “He gave me a blessing. I advised him that I was here to receive holy communion, and he said you are not getting holy communion.
“He then leaned forward and said, ‘You have been excommunicated’. This was in front of the family. I decided there was no point in any further discussion as it wasn’t appropriate, so I moved off at that stage.”
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Catholic Priest Refuses Politician Communion for Supporting Abortion - LifeNews.com
In Ireland, a politician has been refused communion and told he has excommunicated himself from the Catholic Church because he voted to legalize abortion. Fine Gael TD Colm Burke voted in favor of repealing the Eighth Amendment, which had provided legal protection for unborn children. At...
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I would like to see them go back to protecting the unborn.
