And More Bishops

[arisbe]

After that revolting performance by his Excellency of Colorado Springs, I am pleased to note the more nuanced statement of his colleague in Portland:

Archbishop Vlazny, in his column in the Catholic Sentinel newspaper, touched on the same points.

"Should Catholics who choose to vote for pro-choice politicians refrain from reception of the Holy Communion?" he asked.

"If they vote for them precisely because they are pro-choice," the Portland prelate continued, "I believe they too should refrain from the reception of Holy Communion because they are not in communion with the Church on a serious matter.

"But if they are voting for that particular politician because, in their judgment, other candidates fail significantly in some matters of great importance, for example, war and peace, human rights and economic justice, then there is no evident stance of opposition to Church teaching and reception of Holy Communion seems both appropriate and beneficial."

Archbishop Vlazny, 67, added: "Catholics who do support pro-choice politicians still have serious responsibilities with regard to their stance on this matter. They must make it very clear to these politicians and governmental leaders that their support is in no way based on the pro-choice advocacy of these political leaders."

Comments

[winegodeatsyou.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting that Arisbe, Bishop Sheridan wounded me deeply.

[(Anonymous)]

He's hung that well?

[winegodeatsyou.livejournal.com]

::nods:: I, for one, have never been alone with a priest aside from confession, so it's I don't know.

[miloseva.livejournal.com]

I think he's right. It is important to vote pro-life, but what about other issues of life: war, etc.? It's often a tightrope situation with no easy answers...

[winegodeatsyou.livejournal.com]

Agreed, politics is not a one issue matter. For the Pope would openly chastise both Bush and Kerry on various matters, I think-- in fact, more and more, the Curia seems to be saying Bush's war is in direct conflict with Rome.

[miloseva.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was in a discussion where the same point was argued. I believe it is highly important to protect life in the womb, but not at the expense of ignoring the death of those outside of it.