Providence battle between Bishop and Kennedy grows

A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights.

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[LordXmen2k]

I'm ashamed to be a catholic, I want my church out of politics, if they won't then they can join a Tea Party and loose their tax exempt status... their choice.

[billeybop]

1. Mr. bishop give up your tax free status and then try to bribe politicians.

2. Mr. Bishop you are a mere mortal and not God.

3. You are pro-birth and not pro-life.

4. Mr. bishop, why do soooo many of your churches leaders resort to child molestation?

5. Mr. Kennedy you answer to God and not man!

[humboldt777]

Yes, but only in a personal role. There are other catholic bishops who don't agree with him.

[Jrunri]

So the bishop was not speaking as Bishop?

B.S.

[TerryEFV2]

ONLY when Tobin can verifiably produce like letters issued to molesting priests, can he possibly be taken seriously.

Tobin is just a wanna-be politico, trying to ride on Kennedy coattails.

Tobin needs to search Nell McCafferty on youtube if he wants to battle a big dog!

Of course Tobin won't take on that gramma in a battle of wits since he arrives UNARMED!

And there's not near the press value as there is in the Kennedy name.

Hey Tobin, can you spell power-whore!

[jjmcoates]

Ted Kennedy used to be pro life. Look up his pro life quotes on wikipedia.

Eunice Kennedy was pro life until her death.

Patrick Kennedy supports partial birth abortion and believes abortion should be legal until birth for any reason and taxpayer funded for any reason.

[humboldt777]

Kennedy is not a victim of the Cathoilc Church, he, and the media, is using this issue for propagandist purposes.

[StinkingHombre]

All abortionists out of the church now!

[Jacknhoo]

To deny that human dignity, is to deny Christ and every reason for God sending His Son for usfor all humanity.

[Jacknhoo]

Until the world stops lying about the dignity of the human person, we will fail. We are not lowly beasts, hence we are not speciesists. We are not of this world, we are of divine origin. We are the only being God, our Creator, has loved for our own sakes.

Kennedy has a choicehuman dignity or atheism. It is the same choice for all of us. Any Christian who denies the dignity of the human person is no Christian at all. The Sanctity of Life is the most basic law of all Christian beliefs.

[Jacknhoo]

Science tell us, all 46 human chromosomes are present at the instance of conceptionthe life created is not the life of a dog or a fish or a carrot, it is human. This life from that instant on, receives nothing but food, air and protection from the mother. There is no instruction from the mother to the life that is busy creating its own vessel. Her body is not building that life a body. That life is building its own bodyits own human vessel.

[Jacknhoo]

A person of Faith is a person who believes their religion. A Catholic, or any Christian, believe in the dignity of the human person. Christians know that human life begins at conception and ends at deaththis is Gods Word.