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Crucified Christ: no communion for Kerry!

• Absurd Inurbane Witless , • Catholic

I suspect these poor, ignorant American Catholics do really think that their dead carpenter hero would be damned angry if he saw John Kerry tasting communion wine. Who knew that the creator and maintainer of the cosmos might have such petty worries? Probably Mel Gibson.

The Virginia-based American Life League said the advertisements are the beginning of a $500,000 print ad campaign targeting bishops who are reluctant to punish Catholic politicians for taking policy positions that defy the church. The first ad shows Jesus in agony on the cross and asks: "Cardinal McCarrick: Are you comfortable now?"

Under pressure from such groups and from the Vatican, a small but growing number of U.S. bishops have said they would deny the Eucharist, which Catholics believe is the body and blood of Christ, to elected officials such as Democratic presidential candidate Kerry and the governor of New Jersey.

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My reaction continues to be based on Jesus's command to Peter(the first Pope), which he repeated three times, which was "feed my sheep" . Based on that, I'd say the Republican Bishops have no authority to deny the Eucharist to anyone. Moreover, my local Priest told me that he could not deny the Eucharist to anyone who stepped forward to accept it. Bishops and Priests are servants of the faith...nothing more.

Posted by: Tom Wilson | May 14, 2004 11:41 PM

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