Would the US Bishops ever find any action by a politician so abhorrent that they would call for his/her excommunication? (Asking for a few million friends.)
Oh wait...I remember one case! New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated Judge Leander Perez in 1962 because the judge was a segregationist. Judge Perez would later retract his stance and reconciled with the Church prior to his death.
Would the US Bishops ever find any action by a politician so abhorrent that they would call for his/her excommunication? (Asking for a few million friends.)
Oh wait...I remember one case! New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated Judge Leander Perez in 1962 because the judge was a segregationist. Judge Perez would later retract his stance and reconciled with the Church prior to his death.
Re your example, thatтАЩs a powerful case for denying Holy Communion to these pro death politicians: 1) it shows the Church is serious about her teachings, 2) it rebukes those causing public scandal, 3) it shows mercy and compassion for the erroring politician who then makes a retraction and presumably good Confession before death. Michael Scott would define this as a win-win-win-win situation - how can the entire conference not realize this?
Would the US Bishops ever find any action by a politician so abhorrent that they would call for his/her excommunication? (Asking for a few million friends.)
Oh wait...I remember one case! New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel excommunicated Judge Leander Perez in 1962 because the judge was a segregationist. Judge Perez would later retract his stance and reconciled with the Church prior to his death.
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Re your example, thatтАЩs a powerful case for denying Holy Communion to these pro death politicians: 1) it shows the Church is serious about her teachings, 2) it rebukes those causing public scandal, 3) it shows mercy and compassion for the erroring politician who then makes a retraction and presumably good Confession before death. Michael Scott would define this as a win-win-win-win situation - how can the entire conference not realize this?