US Catholic Bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion.

Finally ! Calling out American " so-called Catholic " Politicians. You can be both Catholic and Pro-abortion !

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-may-press-143840441.html

 

I wish they would do this across the board! Here in Canada too where I believe our Prime Minister who is also all about abortion likely takes Communion although I'm not sure. This issue has gone on way too long. These catholic frauds should be called out so there is no more confusion about our faith and teachings on moral behaviour!

 

I agree.

 

Funds must be drying up. So, they put out a statement calling for ethical vaccines and make noises about refusing Communion to apostate politicians just as the Vatican is giving a platform to some of the world's most evil people, including evil Americans whom they only stop short of campaigning for at election time. They must think the sheep are brain dead.

 

They should be calling out Nancy Pelosi too. I will pray that these politicians will have a change of heart, defend the unborn, and become true representatives of the faith.

 

I’d love to see them finally stand up and do the right thing but what are the odds of this actually happening with the likes of Cupich and Gregory in charge? Sigh

 

Sadly, I believe that the only “message “ they get is MONEY...When it dries up!
They wrongly took Covid money from the government.
It seems our only control on these clerics is the pocketbook....and we need to exercise it to the maximum!

 

Not likely at all....this gang is the enemy within.

 

They're not all bad. The evil ones among them simply have very powerful connections both inside and outside the Church whom the evil can rely on to back them to the hilt. Even if Biden's Bishop had enough faith in him to forbid sacrilegious Communion, Biden has some "ess jays" in his pocket who would happily give him Holy Communion all day, every day provided he keeps promoting and funding the lavender and abortion agenda. He has just arranged for nearly 500 billion (that's billion with a B) for the abortion industry. Those ess jays and their fellow travelling bishops will likely have a Communion fest to celebrate.

You can't blame the good Bishops for that although they left it rather late to open their mouths. And it's not just the Jesuits. The Jesuits don't run Notre Dame. Bishop Paprocki has corrected Fr. Jenkins there over the mandate that all students be vaccinated. I think that Jenkins tried to imply that it was Papal magisterial teaching that everyone be vaccinated. The Bishop pointed out that the Vatican's statement said that people "may" take the vaccine. He also reminded Fr. Jenkins about the Pope's statement on conscience being sovereign. Trouble with apostates, especially apostate clergy, they're all for freedom in everything until another person's conscience doesn't align with their own dissenting beliefs. People like that make the worst kind of totalitarians when they get a sniff of power.

In fairness to the good Bishops, it's mostly baptised Catholics who push against them - people who have made an art form of virtue signalling. Didn't we have one here boasting about "walking the talk" in her support for Biden? How can anyone walk away the talk of 500 billion dollars for baby murder?

Purple Flower is right. Prayer is the only way this evil can be stopped.

 

Amen, Dolours, amen.

 

Back in the beginning of this disease Padraig said that if it was from man/nature the then a cure would be found but if it was a chastisement ftom God then only deep repentance and prayer would stop it. I see the Pope is calling for world wide Rosaries to be said every day for an end to this scourge. Finally. Like the incomplete consecration to Russia it is at least something. If only he would disavow the pachamama catastrophe....
" If the Lord does not build the house then in vain do the builders labor.."

 

A call to pray the Rosary is a step in the right direction. Sack cloth and ashes wouldn't go astray. Ashes will soon be a thing of the past here. Someone told me that planning laws rule out fireplaces in new houses. All part of the great reset. Klaus Schwab said that we won't own anything and will be happy. I suppose that means we will be ecstatic when they tax us out of our homes. Best leave it for God to handle the earthly powers and pray for the grace to endure whatever is,coming down the line. I trust that if we pray sincerely God will send us faithful shepherds whose voices we will know and who don't talk out of both sides of their mouths. You Americans are blessed to have some fearless shepherds. They're very thin on the ground in Europe.

 

And in Canada...

 

By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021

On April 14, America magazine, as part of its ongoing series, The Conversation with America Media, published an article by Archbishop Samuel Aquila: “For the church to live in eucharistic coherence, we must be willing to challenge Catholics persisting in grave sin.”

Archbishop Aquila argued that eucharistic coherence demands that those who partake of the Eucharist, including Catholic politicians, are to be in communion with the Church. That is, they must adhere to the Church’s fundamental doctrinal and moral teaching. Not to do so would contravene St. Paul’s exhortation: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.” (1 Cor 11:27-30)

Within a few hours after Archbishop Aquila’s article was published, Cardinal Blase Cupich wrote a letter to him criticizing his article. The Cardinal’s critique was in no way relevant to what Archbishop Aquila wrote, though it did allow him to fabricate a criticism whereby he could express his displeasure. Nonetheless, the letter did serve a positive end, for it enabled the Archbishop to write a “clarification” to ward off any ambiguity concerning the point he was making. In so doing, the Archbishop was able to develop his point even more strongly.

Now, the interchange between Archbishop Aquila and Cardinal Cupich is part of a larger discussion – that of offering Holy Communion to Catholic politicians even though it is well known that they approve and promote behavior contrary to the Church’s teaching, such as abortion, contraception, euthanasia, same-sex “marriage,” and various forms of gender ideology.


Some bishops argue that such Catholic politicians should not be refused Communion, for to do so would politicize the Eucharist. The refusal on the part of bishops or priests would indeed cause a political and media fuss, and prudence may suggest, in certain circumstances, that Communion should not be refused. An argument could easily be made, however, that refusal should be made so as avoid scandal and protect the integrity of the sacrament.

To refuse to give Holy Communion to dissident Catholic politicians, however, is not to politicize the Eucharist. The politicizing of the Eucharist occurs in the act of the Catholic politician presenting himself or herself to receive Communion even though he or she is well aware that to do so is contrary to what the Church teaches. Those who are objectively in the state of mortal sin, or who dissent from or promote contrary positions to the Church’s fundamental dogmatic or moral teaching are forbidden to receive the body and blood of Jesus, for they have made themselves unworthy to do so.

Thus, such Catholic politicians, in presenting themselves, are using – and so abusing – the Eucharist for seemingly political purposes – to present themselves as “devout” Catholics. Therein lies a threefold irony.

First, those who are unquestionably devout Catholics do not need to identify themselves as such – it is evident to all that they are. Everyone knows that they believe and uphold, and even promote, all that the Church teaches. When they sin against God’s commandments as taught by the Church, they go to Confession, resolve to amend their lives, and so obtain sacramental absolution. Such Catholics are devout without needing to trumpet it.

Second, when a dissident politician declares that he or she is a devout Catholic, one immediately perceives that something is awry. Catholic politicians emphasize their devotedness – and their supporters echo the declaration – because there is something about their behavior that is suspect.

Appearances notwithstanding, it is claimed, there’s no problem here. While they may affirm and promote abortion, same-sex relationships, etc., they are, NONETHELESS, “devout” Catholics. How do they manifest their devotedness? They go to Communion! Ironically, such Catholic politicians do the very thing that no truly devout Catholic would ever do. The very “devout” action they perform, that of receiving Holy Communion, is an enacted declaration that they lack authentic Catholic devotion.

The third irony is that no one is fooled by this charade, except maybe the self-deluded politician. Faithful Catholics know that there is an irreconcilable disconnect between what is being held by such Catholic politicians and their receiving Communion. And they see that it’s the dissenting Catholic politician who is politicizing the Eucharist.

The motives behind such moves may vary. Politics itself is, to some degree, an essential motivation. To be religious in America is still a good thing – it wins votes. Votes are also won by holding and promoting non-Catholic policies. Of course, these stances are contradictory, but then politicians are not known for consistency.

There may, nonetheless, be a deeper motivation. Although one may uphold and promote what is contrary to the Catholic faith, deep down within one’s heart and mind there could be the inerasable belief that Jesus is the one Savior and that the Catholic Church is the one true Church. To be “Catholic,” then, is essential to one’s salvation, for to receive Jesus in the Eucharist is to be truly in communion with he who saves.

Thus, one claims to be a devout Catholic and receives Communion in the hope that, somehow, someday, it will all work out. This comes dangerously close to a sentimental “Catholic” superstition – which is the most charitable interpretation of why dissident Catholic politicians insist on receiving Holy Communion.

What should most concern the Church is that such Catholic politicians do not simply hold many things that are in opposition to the Catholic faith, but they also actively attack, through the laws they propose and enact, the Catholic Church, the very church to which they claim devotion.

In the end, what cannot be denied in all this deception, is the work of the devil. He, above all, wishes to politicize the Eucharist – to reduce it to political marketing. Nothing could be more deceptive than “devout” Catholic politicians wreaking havoc on the Catholic Church and Catholic bishops approving such devilish behavior.

The Catholic faithful must pray, therefore, not only for the conversion of so-called “devout Catholic” politicians, but also for the Lord’s protection of his Holy Church.

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/

 

He and Pelosi and others should be ex-communicated, period.

And I'm not usually harsh about things...but yeah.

Show them the exit and lock the door behind them.

 

Excellent article!! AMEN.

 

Agree. Thanks for bringing this to our attention again.

 

Excellent article
Thank you

 

I had not heard Bishop Paprocki had corrected Jenkins for this, good for him. He's a good man. I doubt Father Jenkins relents, but good for the bishop nonetheless.

 

God sees. Good for the Bishop is right