Word: communion
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...personal faith--that of the 11-year-old altar boy who used to write his sister to remind her to say her prayers--and the more secular leanings of his core voters. He also faces a small squad of conservative Catholic bishops who say they would refuse to serve Communion to politicians who, like Kerry, reject the church's teachings on issues such as abortion. One has gone so far as to suggest that any unrepentant Catholic who even votes for such a candidate should refrain from taking Communion (see following story...
...made only the faintest blip on John Kerry's campaign radar screen--or anyone else's--when an Archbishop from St. Louis, Mo., told a local television station four months ago that the Massachusetts Senator with a staunchly pro-choice voting record should "not present himself for Communion" in that archdiocese. In the frenzied days when Kerry strategists were gearing up for their first nationwide round of primaries, they were far more preoccupied with introducing Kerry to voters as a decorated Vietnam veteran, untangling him from the contradictions of his Senate voting record and figuring out how to dodge...
...sacrament that more than any other symbolizes a Catholic's ongoing connection to the faith. At least one of those leaders--Colorado Springs, Colo., Bishop Michael Sheridan--has even suggested that unrepentant Catholics who so much as vote for a pro-choice politician should stay away from the Communion rail. Kerry meanwhile insists that he will continue to practice both his faith and his politics as always, and so the watch is on. Can the Democratic nominee travel the country throughout the next five months of Sundays without a priest turning him away? As Kerry campaigns this week in Colorado...
Andrew Sullivan wrote that the Roman Catholic bishops' threat to deny Holy Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians is harmful to the church [May 24]. It is not the bishops who are hurting the church but Catholic politicians who excuse themselves from the church's moral guidelines while expecting to be treated as Catholics in good standing. One cannot be a good Catholic and still support choice on the issue of abortion. Communion is a statement of unity with Christ and his church. A pro-choice stand is a contradiction of that unity. ALBERT CLERC Houston...
Since the Catholic church also opposes the death penalty, will the bishops deny Communion to politicians and voters who support capital punishment? HECTOR TIMOURIAN Livermore, Calif...