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The Tablet July 14, 2021
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
In this week’s column, I will attempt to shed some light upon the current state of confusion sometimes caused by the secular media and the lack of a prompt response from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) regarding the general impression that the US Bishops are moving toward banning pro-choice elected officials from the reception of Communion.
This issue was so publicized by the media that 60 Catholic members of the United States House of Representatives wrote a letter to the USCCB that the abortion issue should not be the one on which they are denied from receiving Communion. It has become obvious that there exists enough confusion on this issue that it merits some clarification, and I am pleased to do so.
The Bishops, Biden and Communion 07/04/2021 at 8:21 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
It’s the secular left, not the church, that is using the sacrament as a political weapon.
By Ryan T. Anderson, Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2021
In 1962, New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Rummel made waves in Louisiana politics by ordering the racial integration of Catholic schools. He then excommunicated three community leaders, including an influential local political boss, for organizing opposition to his decision. Archbishop Rummel taught that “racial segregation is morally wrong and sinful because it is a denial of the unity and solidarity of the human race as conceived by God.” The excommunicated politician responded by pushing to end state support of Catholic schools.
The weaponised Eucharist
The debate among American bishops around whether President Biden and other Catholic politicians should be denied Holy Communion because of their policies on abortion is an important and unsettling one. Let me say at the start that I think it would be a tragedy if the bishops were to venture down this path.
For the nation’s bishops, the continued injustice of abortion remains the
‘preeminent priority.’ In a statement congratulating President Biden on his election victory, Archbishop Gomez, the President of the US Bishops Conference, noted that: ‘Preeminent does not mean only ’. We have deep concerns about many threats to human life and dignity in our society. But as Pope Francis teaches, we cannot stay silent when nearly a million unborn lives are being cast aside in our country year after year through abortion’
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