Vatican 'Working Document'-Sinful to Support Pro-Choice Politicians

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http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070707.html

The Vatican held a press conference today to present the
"Instrumentum laboris" (working document) for the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled to be held in the Vatican from October 2 to 23, 2005 on the theme: "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church." The document, drawn up on the basis from Church leaders throughout the world to a draft called the "Lineamenta", lamented "the fact that too many faithful receive communion without having sufficiently reflected upon the morality of their lives."

Article 73 of the 88-page document says, "there exist Catholics who do not understand why they commit a sin when they support politically a candidate openly in favour of abortion or other grave acts against life, justice, and peace."

Commenting on the reception of communion, the same article says, "Certain (faithful) communicate even if they deny the teachings of the church or support publicly immoral choices, such as abortion, without thinking that they are committing a personal action which is profoundly dishonest or that they are a source of scandal."


so, is it a sin for Catholics to support candidates that are in favor of war, for example, the one going on in Iraq perhaps?

I would say that's a grave act against life justice and peace

the priorities of the church are an indicator of how sick it is.

and their world-wide conspiracy of protecting child abusing priests over the past half century or so . . .

just like last year. I am an euchristic minister 2-3 times a month and it is impossible to give everyone a litmus test that walks up. (I would not hold it back for any reason anyways)

The pews will continue to empty as all this "look over there" butt-covering at the highest levels to try to out-santimonious themsleves will fail.

They have forgotten the church is really a bottom-up orginzation of networked communities and not wholey owned subsidarises of Rome. That is why people are leaving in droves.