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Colorado Bishop Warns Catholics

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Colorado Bishop Warns Catholics

(CBS/AP) Catholics who vote for politicians in favor of abortion rights, stem-cell research, euthanasia or gay marriage may not receive Communion until they recant and repent in the confessional, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Colorado Springs said.

Bishop Michael Sheridan's pronouncement was the strongest yet from a U.S. bishop in the debate over how faith should influence Catholics in this election year.

The discussion of withholding Holy Communion had previously been limited to politicians themselves.

more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/14/politics/main617519.shtml

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