New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign
Tue Apr 19, 6:20 PM ET
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry.
In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness for communion recipients, Ratzinger specified that strong and open supporters of abortion should be denied the Catholic sacrament, for being guilty of a "grave sin."
He specifically mentioned "the case of a Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws," a reference widely understood to mean Democratic candidate Kerry, a Catholic who has defended abortion rights.
The letter said a priest confronted with such a person seeking communion "must refuse to distribute it."
A footnote to the letter also condemned any Catholic who votes specifically for a candidate because the candidate holds a pro-abortion position. Such a voter "would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy communion," the letter read.
The letter, which was revealed in the Italian magazine L'Espresso last year, was reportedly only sent to US Catholic bishops, who discussed it in their convocation in Denver, Colorado, in mid-June.
Sharply divided on the issue, the bishops decided to leave the decision on granting or denying communion to the individual priest. Kerry later received communion several times from sympathetic priests.
Nevertheless, in the November election, a majority of Catholic voters, who traditionally supported Democratic Party candidates, shifted their votes to Republican and eventual winner George W. Bush.
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050419/pl_afp/vaticanpopeus&printer=1
CRAP: I SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger:
Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004
US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights
supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry
as a catholic: You suck
I SUPPOSE YOU SUPPORT THE KILLING
OF THE INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
OF IRAQ BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
A WAR BASED ON LIES: WHERE IS THE CRISTIANITY THERE
SAVE THE FETUS KILL THE CHILD
THEY MAKE ME WANT TO PUKE THE LOT OF THEM
I HAVE NO WISH TO OFFEND ANYONE
THESE ARE MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS MATTER
Tue Apr 19, 6:20 PM ET
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry.
In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness for communion recipients, Ratzinger specified that strong and open supporters of abortion should be denied the Catholic sacrament, for being guilty of a "grave sin."
He specifically mentioned "the case of a Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws," a reference widely understood to mean Democratic candidate Kerry, a Catholic who has defended abortion rights.
The letter said a priest confronted with such a person seeking communion "must refuse to distribute it."
A footnote to the letter also condemned any Catholic who votes specifically for a candidate because the candidate holds a pro-abortion position. Such a voter "would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy communion," the letter read.
The letter, which was revealed in the Italian magazine L'Espresso last year, was reportedly only sent to US Catholic bishops, who discussed it in their convocation in Denver, Colorado, in mid-June.
Sharply divided on the issue, the bishops decided to leave the decision on granting or denying communion to the individual priest. Kerry later received communion several times from sympathetic priests.
Nevertheless, in the November election, a majority of Catholic voters, who traditionally supported Democratic Party candidates, shifted their votes to Republican and eventual winner George W. Bush.
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050419/pl_afp/vaticanpopeus&printer=1
CRAP: I SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger:
Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004
US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights
supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry
as a catholic: You suck
I SUPPOSE YOU SUPPORT THE KILLING
OF THE INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
OF IRAQ BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
A WAR BASED ON LIES: WHERE IS THE CRISTIANITY THERE
SAVE THE FETUS KILL THE CHILD
THEY MAKE ME WANT TO PUKE THE LOT OF THEM
I HAVE NO WISH TO OFFEND ANYONE
THESE ARE MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS MATTER
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