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Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops About Denying Communion To Supporters Of Abortion Rights
Now, to be clear -- the Vatican isn't warning the Bishops not to do it; just that it takes dialogue... sounds like they're saying it shouldn't be an official policy, but weighed on a case-by-case basis.
Seems sensible to me.
Thoughts?
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José Gomez, previously informed the doctrinal office that U.S. bishops were preparing at their June meeting to draw up a document addressing "the situation of Catholics in public office who support legislation allowing abortion, euthanasia and other moral evils."
In a letter dated May 7, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Cardinal Luis Ladaria told Gomez that any such policy requires dialogue first among bishops themselves and then between bishops and Catholic politicians who support abortion rights — whom the cardinal specifically identified as "pro-choice." The letter was first reported Monday by Catholic News Service and the Jesuit magazine America.
Now, to be clear -- the Vatican isn't warning the Bishops not to do it; just that it takes dialogue... sounds like they're saying it shouldn't be an official policy, but weighed on a case-by-case basis.
Seems sensible to me.
Thoughts?