Catholic Action League of Massachusetts. Many of your writers and readers must be unaware that every Catholic church has information in every pew explaining that people who do not share their theology should not participate in Communion. Not all Christians share all of the Catholic view of Communion, but all believe Communion celebrates the author of life.
Whether you believe the God revealed to us in the person of Jesus and the Holy Spirit or not, that God is not pro-death. For Joe Biden to promote abortion rights and celebrate what God has done to give us life is as inconsistent as the Globe celebrating the memory of John Wilkes Booth. Mary Carmelita Donohoe Lyons, mother of seven children, and a granddaughter of Irish immigrants, would climb over snow banks to get to daily Mass at her parish church in South Dakota, up until two weeks before she died at the age of The real question to consider today is not whether the bishops should give Communion to Catholics who favor abortion rights, but rather, whether any Catholic should accept Communion from the hand of a bishop or priest who fails to speak out regularly against the continual assault and abuse of women and children in our society.
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As a result, they often defer to rightwing political leaders on other issues. She said the study by professors at Creighton, a Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition, appears academically rigorous and important, given the increasing urgency of climate change.
Where are the Bishops on these issues? Noguchi, the bishops conference spokeswoman, said she could not speak for individual bishops.
But she noted that as an organized group, the bishops expressed hope for climate solutions when President Biden rejoined the Paris climate agreement, after former President Trump had withdrawn, among other recent climate and environmental positions.
A bishops conference committee chairman supported Biden when he signed a number of executive orders on the environment at the start of his presidency dealing with subjects such as climate adaptation and resilience, a just economic transition for fossil fuel communities, environmental justice and clean air and water, she said. For his part, DiLeo said he welcomes the bishops conference policy statements. James Bruggers covers the U.
He served on the board of directors of the SEJ for 13 years, including two years as president. He lives in Louisville with his wife, Christine Bruggers. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 4.
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