Sunday, February 25, 2018

IT'S ABOUT TIME: Catholic Bishop Denies Dick Durbin Communion For His Abortion Stance ...

Now let's work on the rest of the Pro-Abortion Catholics in Congress ... ESPECIALLY Nancy Pelosi:
One Catholic bishop is standing up against his home state senator, who is Catholic and won’t ban abortions starting at 20 weeks after conception.
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, stated on the Diocese of Springfield website that he would deny communion to Illinois senator Dick Durbin. Paprocki wrote in reference to the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have prohibited abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization. Paprocki noted that 14 Catholic senators voted against the legislation, and took aim at his home state senator. His statement read:
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I agree completely with His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, who called the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act “appalling.”
Fourteen Catholic senators voted against the bill that would have prohibited abortions starting at 20 weeks after fertilization, including Sen. Richard Durbin, whose residence is in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. In April 2004, Sen. Durbin’s pastor, then Msgr. Kevin Vann (now Bishop Kevin Vann of Orange, CA), said that he would be reticent to give Sen. Durbin Holy Communion because his pro-abortion position put him outside of communion or unity with the Church’s teachings on life. My predecessor, now Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha, said that he would support that decision. I have continued that position. --->
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