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On another note...Kerry will not be in good with these folks
Archbishop would refuse Communion to Kerry
Catholic presidential candidate's abortion stance at odds with church
Posted: February 3, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Polls show Missouri voters embracing John Kerry ahead of today's primary, but if the Catholic senator wanted to receive the church's Holy Communion sacrament in St. Louis, he would be rejected.
The new archbishop of St. Louis, Raymond L. Burke, said if the Massachusetts Democrat stood in line for Communion, he would give a blessing but not serve Communion, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Kerry's support of abortion rights puts him at odds with the Catholic Church's teaching.
The archbishop of Kerry's Boston diocese, Sean O'Malley, has urged Catholic elected officials to voluntarily not receive Communion, but he has not banned priests from giving it.
Burke said he agreed with O'Malley, but he would take the issue a step further.
"I would have to admonish him not to present himself for Communion," he said, according to the St. Louis paper. "I might give him a blessing or something."
As WorldNetDaily reported last month, as bishop of La Crosse, Wis., Burke issued a formal decree barring any Catholic lawmaker in his diocese who favors abortion from participating in Communion.
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