by
Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
July 7, 2005
The
Vatican said pro-abortion Catholics are not taking their faith seriously
and those who take communion and support abortion are behaving in
a scandalous manner.
"Some receive communion while denying the teachings of the Church or publicly supporting immoral choices in life, such as abortion, without thinking that they are committing an act of grave personal dishonesty and causing scandal," the document says.
The draft also hearkens back to the 2004 presidential elections, which included a national debate about whether it is appropriate for Catholics to support elected officials or political candidates who favor legal abortion.
"Some Catholics do not understand why it might be a sin to support a political candidate who is openly in favor of abortion or other serious acts against life, justice and peace," the document reads.
The 88 page document is intended for Catholic bishops to examine in October and it contends that, because of abortion and other concerns such as rampant divorce, that Catholics have destroyed the sacrosanct nature of communion.
A
document approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops last summer that calls
on Catholic colleges and universities not to give a platform to elected
officials who back abortion.
"Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor
those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles,"
the bishops said. "They should not be given awards, honors or
platforms which would suggest support for their actions."
The statement, which also calls on pro-abortion Catholics to refrain on their own from taking communion, was adopted by a vote of 183-6 last summer.
Related
web sites:
Catholic Bishop's statement on withholding communion and pro-abortion
speakers - http://www.usccb.org/bishops/catholicsinpoliticallife.htm
