Pope Warns Pro-Abortion Politicians Against Receiving Communion Unworthily

VATICAN CITY, March 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today, Pope Benedict XVI released the long-awaited document on Holy Communion, called "Sacramentum Caritatis" or the Sacrament of Love.

It is a follow-up document reflecting on the 2005 meeting of bishops on the Eucharist.In the 110+ page document, the Pope gives Catholic politicians a biblical warning against receiving Communion unworthily.

In a section on "Eucharistic consistency", the Pope says that politicians must adhere to "non negotiable" values "such as respect for human life, its defence from conception to natural death, the family built upon marriage between a man and a woman, the freedom to educate one's children and the promotion of the common good in all its forms." He added, "Consequently, Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave responsibility before society, must feel particularly bound, on the basis of a properly formed conscience, to introduce and support laws inspired by values grounded in human nature." [more]

See the full document here.

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