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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (208508)	10/25/2004 2:52:01 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1573230

I believe that Bush tried to make his case with Cardinal Sodano (since the Pope kept falling asleep). The report is more or less from the time. It is just unprecedented for a president to ask for help from the Vatican to get re-elected, and that is exactly what this is," Mr. Lynn said. Linda Pieczynski, a spokeswoman for Call to Action, a liberal Catholic group, said, "For a president to try to get the leader of any religious organization to manipulate his fellow clergymen to support a political candidate crosses the line in this country." nytimes.com In the last six months, a handful of Catholic bishops in the United States have already weighed in on the presidential race by threatening to withhold communion from Catholic politicians who disagree with the church's stance on abortion, a group that includes Senator Kerry. Other bishops, however, have said that threatening to withhold communion goes too far, and the pope has warned of "the formation of factions within the church" in the United States. The bishops are expected to take up the matter at a closed-door conference this week in Colorado. Here is a recent story that alludes to the events, but you would need to read between the lines. ncronline.org As usual, the administration wears gloves when it touches such areas. President Bush had asked a Vatican official to press American bishops to speak out more about political issues This is the current euphamism language for the President requesting that Kerry be excommunicated. TP