he is establishing some margins for obedience to Catholic Church rules that prominent Catholic elected-appointed “representatives,” by their own words, do not accept. Pelosi and Biden are 2 infamous examples, less so, Dick Durbin, D, Illinois.
Bishop Paprocki is not taking the easy path in Illinois. he may be putting himself in harm’s way.
things can get dirty+rough. (i read, his secretary was murdered over simply speaking facts on some politicized matter.) he cannot be blind to this.
Durbin banned from communion
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/2 ... ishop-says
These words follow statements made by obama and hillary, to paraphrase, “churches, believers, must get-with the DNC party program.”What did Durbin say last year about abortion?
Durbin said during a CNN interview last April that while he understands some Democrats may hold pro-life views on a “personal basis,” they must back the party’s pro-choice stance.
“As long as they are prepared to back the law, Roe vs. Wade, prepared to back women’s rights as we’ve defined them under the law, then I think they can be part of the party,” he said.
“I am committed to women’s rights under the law, reproductive rights certainly, and our party is,” Durbin added. “We’ve made that part of our platform and position for a long, long time.”
In their own words, this removes all doubt:
DNC politics FIRST; faith, ok, IF you can figure out how to make it work out.
it’s one thing to suspect you may be seeing signs of this. it’s another when they clearly articulate formal rules for you.
Catholic Office for Communications
https://www.dio.org/communications/pres ... s-act.html
this communication states 14 representatives are affected... Canon 915 of the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law states that
those “who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” ..
As i read about these incidents, i continually think of what i’ve read about on this forum regarding .. not serving two masters.
Matthew 6:24
http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-24.htm