At 08:04 PM 3/28/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
>But how do you see Kerry being a candidate being an issue in the
>Vatican's name.
>The Vatican doesn't own anybody, nor does it control anyone's personal
>opinion.
>Issues of American governance are not the Vatican's problem.
Kerry has become one of the most visible Catholics in the United States.
Moreover, he has publicly stated hat he finds no difference between
Catholicism and promoting abortion.
Given that assisting in the procurement of an abortion is grounds for
automatic excommunication from the Catholic faith, surely the Catholic
Church has the right to note that it does not consider John Kerry to be a
Catholic in good standing. Moreover, surely it also has the right to warn
the faithful that John Kerry is misrepresenting Catholic teaching?
Your raising the old saws about Catholic plots to take over the country is
tantamount to prohibiting the Catholic Church from freely exercising its
relgion. Under your principles, the Catholic Church could not
disassociate itself from any person claiming to be a member of this Church.
JDG
_______________________________________________________
John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world,
it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
