Monday Musings - Now Is The Time for our Bishops to Stand Up for The Truth and to Save Souls and Human Lives
Last October, this simple man's attempt to address the issue of dissident Catholic politicians receiving the Eucharist was, for the most part, ignored. Now that Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has taken public action and defined the battle - the salvation of souls and the end to public scandal and sacrilege - I thought it appropriate to try one more time. Our bishops must speak and act as one. No Catholic figure who publicly opposes any of the immutable teachings of the Catholic Church (and most certainly that on abortion) may receive Holy Communion until they confess their sin in the sacrament of reconciliation and publicly repudiate their support for abortion. Nancy Pelosi is just one of far too many Catholic politicians who should be barred from the reception of Holy Communion. The Archbishop has spoken the Truth. There is not an alternative Truth or option for other bishops or priests to advance. There is no "pastoral" exception to God's Trut...