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LISBON, March 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Franciscan priest in Portugal has taken out an advertisement in the local paper telling Catholics that if they are in public opposition to Catholic law regarding abortion, they may not receive communion. Father Nuno Serras Pereira, OFM, wrote the text of a lengthy ad that appeared March 2, saying that according to the Catholic Code of Canon Law, he is forbidden to give Holy Communion to Catholics who have publicly acted against Church teaching on the life issues.

A major public controversy has resulted with the Cardinal of Lisbon, Jose da Cruz Policarpo, calling Serras Pereira’s declaration an “exaggerated” and “obsessive”“personal attitude.”

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