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To: Gus who wrote (556274)	3/26/2004 3:35:32 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

<font color=red>....He followed the rape with a perverted use of a host, in an attempt to make Agnes swallow the guilt of the event.... </font> And the full-scale assault on our sacraments continues. The developing pattern is public Demonocrat officials like Kerry and Clinton participating in these Lenten attacks! Pro-Life Group Criticizes Kerry for Receiving Holy Communion By Melanie Hunter CNSNews.com Deputy Managing Editor March 24, 2004 (CNSNews.com) - A pro-life group is fired up at presidential candidate John Kerry because the Democrat reportedly received Holy Communion despite his pro-abortion views while attending Mass during his Idaho ski trip on Sunday. According to the American Spectator report, Kerry arrived late to Mass wearing a ski suit and making a lot of noise. The paper quoted an unnamed member of Kerry's staff who said, "It was just a media-op...We set it up with some reporters that we knew were going to be there." The American Life League's Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church found the entire display appalling. "That Sen. John Kerry is willing to use the holy sacrifice of the Mass as a 'media op' shows his utter contempt for the faith he claims to embrace. This is disgusting," said Joseph M. Starrs, director of ALL's Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church. "The senator and his staff should publicly apologize to Our Lady of the Snows parish, its pastor and congregation, and to all faithful Catholics for this charade. Christ said, 'Come to me, all you who are weary.' He didn't say, 'Come to me, all you who would use my church in a cheap attempt to shamelessly promote your ambitions," Starrs said. "Archbishop Sean O'Malley of Boston has made clear that those in his archdiocese who support abortion on demand, such as Kerry, should voluntarily stop receiving this sacrament," he said. "Obviously, this is not enough for Kerry, so we renew our request to Archbishop O'Malley that he consider further action. We also would ask that he consider the example of Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, who used Church law (Cannon 915) to officially bar certain pro-abortion Catholics from receiving Communion," Starrs said. cnsnews.com Kerry truly wants to follow in the footsteps of the first 'black' president....... Communion: Drawing doctrinal lines? Baylor, same-sex marriage and ink As President Bill Clinton recently discovered, there is no more complex and emotional issue in Christendom than Communion. This issue is even more divisive than church issues linked to sexuality, which always grab headlines. The reality is that today's doctrinal earthquakes about sex are only important to the degree that they crack the rock on which altars stand. Churches argue about sex. Churches split over issues linked to Communion. Cardinal John O'Connor of New York urged his listeners to see the big picture, as he explained why President Bill Clinton, a Southern Baptist, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a United Methodist, should not have received Holy Communion in a Catholic parish in South Africa. "The Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith," said O'Connor, speaking on Palm Sunday at St. Patrick's Cathedral. "Holy Communion means not only our union with Christ in the Eucharist, but our union with other Catholics holding the same beliefs. ... To receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church means that one believes one is receiving, not only a symbol of Christ, but Christ Jesus Himself." When it comes to Catholic teachings about sacraments, he said, there is a controlling legal authority that gets to make and interpret the laws. Except under extreme circumstances, Communion is reserved for those who faithfully follow the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. This high standard, noted O'Connor, should be a hurdle for millions of unrepentant and unorthodox Catholics, as well as non-Catholics. google.com