We, Pro-Life Leaders, Call on the Bishops of the World to Extend Mercy to the Church’s Pro-Abortion Politicians
WHEREAS Saint Paul wrote in the eleventh chapter of First Corinthians: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:29);
WHEREAS Canon 915 of the Church’s Code of Canon Law states that those who are “obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion”;
WHEREAS Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote in a 2004 letter to the US bishops, called “Worthiness to receive Holy Communion”, that a Catholic politician who votes for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws “must” be denied Communion after being duly instructed and warned;
WHEREAS Catholic politicians who support abortion are already in grave sin, and in receiving Holy Communion their sin is compounded by sacrilege;
WHEREAS by being given Holy Communion such Catholic politicians may well believe that they are spiritually healthy and thus not in need of any remedy;
WHEREAS distributing Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians causes scandal to the rest of the faithful in that they come to believe that support for abortion is not too serious a sin, and thus undermines pro-life work;
WHEREAS being refused Holy Communion is an effective wake-up call to return to an authentic life of faith;
WHEREAS it is unmerciful to allow our brothers living in obstinate public sin to languish there without warning;
We the undersigned ask the Bishops of the Catholic Church to withhold Holy Communion from pro-abortion politicians as an act of love and mercy towards those same politicians.
Signed,
Duarte Falcó | Mas Vida | Spain |
Áluaro Ortega | Mas Vida | Spain |
Silvio Dalla Valle | Voglio Vivere | Italy |
Chris Slattery | Expectant Mother Care | USA |
Richard Mileti | Italo-Americani per la Vita | USA |
Preston Noell | Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. | USA |
Roberto de Mattei | Lepanto Foundation | Italy |
Patrick Craine | LifeSiteNews.com | Canada |
Virginia Coda Nunziante | Marcia per la Vita | Italy |
Marie Meaney | Heartbeat International | USA |
Joseph Meaney | Human Life International | USA |
Luis Losada | CitizenGo | Spain |
Rebecca Kiessling | USA | |
Walter Hintz | HazteOir.org | Spain |
Dawn Eskew | Personhood New York | USA |
Sofia Guedes | Portugal Pro Vide | Portugal |
Thereza Carvalho | Escola Profissional Val de Rio | Portugal |
Jean Goyard | Droit de Naître | France |
Theresa Deisher | Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute | USA |
Miriam Sciberras | Malta | |
Mark Sciberras | Malta | |
Julia Calinescu | LifeNation | Romania |
Fr. Linus F. Clovis | CARIFAM, Family Life International New Zealand | St. Lucia |
Dame Colleen Bayer | Family Life International New Zealand | New Zealand |
Hilary White | LifeSiteNews.com | Italy |
Michael Hichborn | American Life League | USA |
Angelika de Poncharra | Collectif en Marche pour la Vie | France |
Dr. Tom Ward | National Association of Catholic Families | United Kingdom |
Fr. Ryszard Halwa | SOS Ochrony Poczętego Życia | Poland |
Michael Walczyk | SOS Ochrony Poczętego Życia | Poland |
Anna Wiejak | SOS Ochrony Poczętego Życia | Poland |
Robert Colquhoun | 40 Days for Life | United Kingdom |
Jean-Marc Baijot | JURIVIE | Belgium |
Jason Jones | HERO | USA |
Maria Madise | Institute for the Culture of Life | Estonia |
Carlos Polo | Population Research Institute | USA |
Nicolás de Cárdenas | HazteOir.org | Spain |
Jaime Hernández | Crossroads Spain | Spain |
Pablo Santana | HazteOir | Spain |
Antonio Brandi | Notizie Pro Vita | Italy |
John-Henry Westen | LifeSiteNews.com | Canada |
Steve Jalsevac | LifeSiteNews.com | Canada |
Dan Calinescu | LifeNation | Romania |
Katarina Mlinarević | 40 Days for Life Croatia | Croatia |
Ignacio Barreiro | Human Life International | Italy |
Monica Migliorino Miller | Citizens for a Pro-Life Society | USA |
Bernadette Smyth | Precious Life UK & Ireland | Northern Ireland |
Valdis Grinsteins | Tradition, Family, Property – Poland | Poland |
Jakub Skolzylas | Tradition, Family, Property – Poland | Poland |
Julio Loredo | Tradition, Family, Property | Italy |
Bernice Follett | The Life Foundation | USA |
Brian Follett | The Life Foundation | USA |
Antea Cvjetkovic | 40 Days for Life Croatia | Croatia |