{"id":572040,"date":"2021-06-23T16:36:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572040"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:36:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:36:45","slug":"catholics-react-to-vote-to-draft-statement-prohibiting-some-politicians-from-receiving-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholics-react-to-vote-to-draft-statement-prohibiting-some-politicians-from-receiving-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholics React To Vote To Draft Statement Prohibiting Some Politicians From Receiving Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholics-react-to-vote-to-draft-statement-prohibiting-some-politicians-from-receiving-communion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=572040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/communion-scaled-e1624473577343.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted to draft a statement on whether pro-choice politicians can be denied Communion during Mass.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some Catholics who favor the statement believe it will provide people a better understanding of the Eucharist.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Several Catholics who are against it think it will create less unity among Catholics.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThis important document on the Eucharist will serve as a foundation for the multi-year Eucharistic Revival Project, a major national effort to reignite Eucharistic faith in our country,\u201d Matthew Vainer, director of the office of communication at the Catholic Diocese of Wichita told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Catholic priests, dioceses and organizations have had mixed reactions to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approving a measure to draft a statement on whether politicians may be denied Communion during Mass if they go against the teachings of the church.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 170 out of the 229 bishops <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-joe-biden-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted<\/a> on June 18 to craft a statement about whether elected leaders may not <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/pope-benedict-john-kerry-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receive<\/a> Communion.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of St. Louis told the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) that Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski \u201clooks forward\u201d to creating with other bishops a document that will \u201chelp all of our faithful best understand the true meaning of the most precious gift of the Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsure that we treat the Eucharist with the reverence of the true Body and Blood of Christ,\u201d a spokesperson for the Archdiocese told the DCNF. \u201cArchbishop Rozanski continues to advocate for greater consultation among the bishops on this complex issue, and the need for greater unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Vainer, director of the office of communication at the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, told to the DCNF there was a significant concern among bishops about the understanding and declining belief of the Eucharist. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/10\/27\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-favorite-bible-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s The Bible Story Ocasio-Cortez Says Is Her Favorite)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis important document on the Eucharist will serve as a foundation for the multi-year Eucharistic Revival Project, a major national effort to reignite Eucharistic faith in our country,\u201d Vainer told the DCNF. \u201cIt was clear from the intensity and passion expressed in the individual interventions made by the bishops during last week\u2019s meeting that each bishop deeply loves the Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brother Stephen, a Christian priest, told the DCNF that any person, regardless of their views, should receive communion. \u201cJesus gave this(communion) to Judas, even though He knew of his sins, as written. Jesus put no restrictions on this and if you read in Matthew 26:18, it was given for the remission of sin,\u201d Stephen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor any person to stop another person taking this body and blood of Christ as given in the New Testament means they are themselves making a judgment against that person or group,\u201d Stephen told the DCNF. \u201cWhich as Jesus taught us is in itself a sin; meaning to stop a person taking this sacrament as given of Christ, mean that the church itself is a sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pelosi&#039;s Archbishop Explains: Can Catholics Support Abortion?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8UHs6IkQTN0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Father Roy Donovan, a member of the Association of Catholic Priests, told the DCNF that the bishops who voted in favor of the statement are using <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/vatican-united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communion<\/a> as a \u201cweapon.\u201d \u201cThey (bishops) have turned communion into an object when it is a meeting with the risen Christ,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are destroying the unity of the bishops and gone against the Vatican and Pope Francis,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cTheir recent zoom meeting shows them up as bullies, as having very little respect for their fellow bishops, they are a very bad witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donovan asked the bishops who voted in favor of drafting the document whether they would also refuse Communion to those who believe in using contraception, treatments for infertility, the right to get a divorce, the right of same sex marriage, and women becoming priests and deaconesses, which he says also goes against church teachings.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Manson, president of Catholics for Choice, said in a statement to the DCNF that she is \u201cprofoundly saddened\u201d by the vote and called it a \u201cunholy crusade against President Biden and other pro-choice Catholics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bishops chose to be partisan instead of pastoral, cruel rather than Christ-like,\u201d Manson said. \u201cThey have chosen to disobey Jesus\u2019s command to \u2018feed one another.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharmane Adams, director of communications of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, claims to the DCNF that the vote is not intended to rebuke \u201cthe president, politicians or anyone for that matter.\u201d Adams said it is only a teaching document on the meaning of the Eucharist.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise declined a request for comment from the DCNF, saying that the document has \u201c no wording yet on which to comment.\u201d Instead, the spokesperson said that the vote is about \u201cthe Eucharist and \u2018Eucharistic coherence,\u2019 or aligning our reception and understanding of the Eucharist with that of the Church\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luis Ladaria, a cardinal of the Catholic Church and prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507399449\/Pillar-Media-CDF-Letter-5-7-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to the USCCB in May warning against the vote saying it will hurt unity between Catholics. He detailed a 2002 Vatican document, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life<\/a>, which he says needs to help guide both politicians and bishops on issues that include abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen political activity comes up against moral principles that do not admit of exception, compromise or derogation, the Catholic commitment becomes more evident and laden with responsibility,\u201d the note states.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted to draft a statement on whether pro-choice politicians can be denied Communion during Mass. 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