The archbishop's column cited in particular the governor's veto of the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act, which would have required abortionists to inform women about the effects of the procedure and alternatives to abortion.
The governor's stand in favor of abortion is particularly painful, Archbishop Naumann wrote, because Sebelius is a Catholic. He reported that he had met with her "several times over many months to discuss with her the grave spiritual and moral consequences of her public actions." Because the governor has now rejected his pleas and her public stand constitutes a scandal to the faithful, the archbishop said that he has now directed her to refrain from receiving Communion. Archbishop Naumann reported that he has asked Governor Sebelius to accept this directive, so that she will "not require from me any additional pastoral actions."
The governor will be welcomed back to Communion, the archbishop wrote, if she acknowledges her error, goes to Confession, and makes "a public repudiation of her previous efforts and actions in support of laws and policies sanctioning abortion."
Friday, May 09, 2008
What matters in Kansas
Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, an alumna of Cincinnati's Summit Country Day, which in 2005 "disinvited" her from speaking on campus, has just been barred from receiving Communion by her bishop:
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hiphip hooray! a courageous bishop
Saint Ambrose couldn't have done it better!
Wow. No offense, Rich, but I had to go over to the link to see it for myself.
Marvellous, and perfectly done. He tried to counsel her privately, but she went off anyway.
Thank you, Archbishop. And may the Governor see the error of her path.
Huzzah!
If the power vested to her by the state means more than the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, she will jettison the Blessed Sacrament from her life as easily as she did the Church's teaching on abortion.
If, on the other hand, she pushes to have her cake and eat it too, we will see that her agenda is truly the multiculturalist PC rag of "individual rights" over all other authority, including Catholic truth.
We will see ...
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