Rep. Kennedy Asked in 2007 to Avoid Communion

The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues. (Nov. 22)

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[SkreetGil]

Fuck those priests! No communion, but you can molest children! They are garbage!

[Slapnuts6931]

cunts

[miketomk516]

Yeah I agree it was kinda tasteless... Especially for a good Catholic boy like you are.

[serverfix]

@miketomk516

I find it hard to believe that you had 50 points of IQ to begin with. Your tasteless comment is proof of that.

[miketomk516]

"The Roman Catholic DickFuck of Rhode Island" Please keep your comments to a minimum we are all getting stupider reading them.. My IQ dropped 50 points just because I read your comments.

[miketomk516]

WTF so he suggests for him not to take communion. So does that mean that a homosexual can not receive communion, because they have beliefs against church teachings. This whole story just gives the Catholic Church a bad rep.... well a worse rep.

[walterygor]

First of all, the Bishop suggested to senator Kennedy not to take communion. It´s not like he blacklisted him. Senator kennedy could go to any other church and he would be given communion, but he will certainly not receive Christ, as it is sacrilegeous to take communion knowing that you're acting agaisnt the teachings of the church.

[serverfix]

You and I are nobodies (I assume in your case), therefore the priest or bishop has no idea whether we are in a state of grace or not. Most certainly we are all sinners, but when we present ourselves for communion, we must be in as perfect a state as possible, this generally means having no mortal sins currently on our conscience.

In Mr. Kennedys case, he is a public figure, therefore the bishop has knoweldge of the state of his soul and exercised his duty accordingly.

[miketomk516]

Oh believe me I know a good deal of Catholic Church teachings and that is what made me the way I am; knowing what they REALY teach.

[miketomk516]

So let me get this straight since you and I are both sinners and every other Catholic is, the Bishop can use this "DUTY" you talk about to deny me or anyone else sacraments. Because that is what your saying... because everyone is a sinner.

[serverfix]

A Bishop has the DUTY to deny the sacrements to public and known sinners. Any support for abortion is a grave, mortal sin. Denying communion is not punishment, it is rather, quite merciful because -1 Corinthians 11:27 Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord."

In truth, the good Bishop is trying to save Mr. Kennedy from himself. Note that the Bishop did this privetely.