Dear Readers,
Archbishop Burke, like Cardinal Arinze before him, emphasizes the clear obligation and plain common sense of denying Holy Communion to obstinantly pro-abortion Catholic politicians. Why are so many leading Catholic clerics making this issue far more complicated than it is and persistently giving such lame excuses for not taking meaningful action?
Abortion is murder. Influential Catholics who publicly and persistently support abortion are advocates of this murder and its trashing of the sacredness of all human life. When bishops refuse to take meaningful action against such prominent Catholics, they unintentionally give the message that abortion killings are not actually that serious (despite many fine statements) and thereby give a green light to the continuation of killings.
You say we exaggerate? Well, then, why is it that the large majority of Catholics in the US Senate and Congress are now pro-abortion – more than ever before? The word has gotten around. Don’t worry about the bishops. They talk a lot about abortion, but when it comes to the crunch, most of them don’t really have it high on their personal list of priorities. At least, that is what the Catholic politicians deduce as they continue to attend Mass every Sunday, and enjoy the privileges and recognition of the Church communities they attend. Can anyone blame them?
Steve Jalsevac
LifeSiteNews.com