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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in hot water over a video that caught him taking Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, despite being a non-Catholic Christian. To make matters worse, the video shows him walking away without consuming the host.
LifeSiteNews.com spoke with Harper's spokesman Dimitri Soudas who explained that the Prime Minister was offered Communion and therefore "accepted it and consumed it." He said, "Any allegation that he put it in his pocket is absurd and ridiculous."
When questioned about the video showing the PM walking away without consuming the Host, Soudas replied: "He was holding a program in his hand and he went to put the program down and then consumed it." That took place, he said, after the camera stopped following the PM.
Asked why the PM as a non-Catholic would receive Communion, which in Catholic teaching is reserved for Catholics and even only those Catholics who are properly disposed to receiving Communion, Soudas replied: "Who is the Prime Minister to judge once Communion has been offered to him?"
Soudas added, "It is a well known fact that he's a Christian."Soudas then turned to the Prime Minister's upcoming meeting with Pope Benedict XVI Saturday. "He's very much looking forward to his audience with the Pope this Saturday," said Soudas. He would not state if the PM had any agenda for that meeting, but did acknowledge that Mr. Harper would be accompanied by his wife and children.
~ Via LifeSiteNews.Com
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It's not clear from the clip that he actauly pocketed it. I got the impression he still had it in his hand - and he may indeed have eaten it later.
Still, there is the fact that he should not have received in the first place. I put the blame there on lack of education by Catholic bishops and priests about the rules.
I am sure the priest should have known who he was and not given it to him!
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