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Pale_Rider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 08:45 PM
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Church is playing politics
A 'you go dude' for Father Greeley!



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/greeley/

There is currently a discussion among some Catholic bishops about refusing the sacraments to Democratic Sen. John Kerry for not opposing abortion, thus doing the Republican National Committee's work for it.

But the Pope and the national hierarchy also have condemned the death penalty and the war in Iraq. Are these bishops willing to deny the Eucharist to Catholic politicians who support the death penalty or the Iraq war? And if not, why not?

Moreover, will they tell Catholics that it is a sin to support an unjust war and to vote for a candidate who is responsible for such a war? And, again, if not, why not?

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azmesa207 Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 08:59 PM
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1. Father Greeley
This is a great priest if only there were more like him the church would not be in the shape it is in .
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-04 01:41 AM
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2. will the Church agree to give up their tax exemption . . .
in order to involve themselves in partisan politics? . . .
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