(CNSNews.com) The four bishops who shepherd Catholics in Colorado denounced the Democrat governor's signing into law "three more extreme abortion bills," legislation that compounds state law allowing abortion up-to-birth for any reason. The bishops also directed all Catholic lawmakers who voted for the abortion bills to refrain from receiving Holy Communion.
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(CNS News) The four Catholic bishops of Colorado issued a letter on June 6 warning the Catholic politicians who recently voted for a pro-abortion bill, the Reproductive Health and Equity Act (RHEA), that this was a "gravely sinful action" which likely places them "outside of the communion of the Church."
Catholic bishops from Colorado asked Catholic lawmakers who voted in favor of abortion rights legislation earlier this year to voluntarily refrain from Holy Communion, according to an open letter signed Monday (June 6) and provided to Religion News Service.
(CNS News) The four Catholic bishops of Colorado issued a letter on June 6 warning the Catholic politicians who recently voted for a pro-abortion bill, the Reproductive Health and Equity Act (RHEA), that this was a "gravely sinful action" which likely places them "outside of the communion of the Church."