Seriously, Roman Catholics. If you want the world to take murdering the unborn seriously, you should excommunicate any member that supports abortion. Skip the “refrain from the eucharist” line.
Here’s the policy: you are welcome to support abortion on demand. You are not welcome to do so as a Roman Catholic. Find a different religion.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Vatican City urged caution to the U.S. bishops who are slated to formally rebuke Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for their pro-abortion views.
Cardinal Luis Ladaria, who is prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote a letter last week to Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which will convene on June 16 to decide if they should tighten their stance on politicians who openly support abortion by demanding they refrain from the Eucharist.
According to Catholic News Service, which first reported on the letter, Ladaria’s missive stipulated that “such a policy cannot usurp the authority of an individual bishop in his diocese on the matter; the policy would require near unanimity; and it would be ‘misleading’ to present abortion and euthanasia as ‘the only grave matters of Catholic moral and social teaching that demand the fullest level of accountability on the part of Catholics.’”
Ladaria also suggested the discussion should extend beyond politicians, and “would best be framed within the broad context of worthiness for the reception of holy Communion on the part of all the faithful, rather than only one category of Catholics, reflecting their obligation to conform their lives to the entire Gospel of Jesus Christ as they prepare to receive the sacrament.”
Ladaria admonished that such a measure “requires that dialogue occurs in two stages: first among the bishops themselves, and then between bishops and Catholic pro-choice politicians within their jurisdictions.”