A group of lay U.S. Roman Catholics has launched a mass-mailing campaign to persuade clergy to deny Communion for pro-abortion politicians.
Catholic Action for Faith and Family has spent $150,000 to send copies of a booklet that argues against providing the sacrament to Catholic politicians who support the procedure. The campaign has targeted 41,000 deacons, priests and bishops, organizers said.
“You’re correct in saying how it should normally be,” Mr. McKenna said in a telephone interview. “But the fact is, when you have a president like our Joe Biden, who is vocally the most pro-abortion president [and] administration in the history of our country … going to Communion, every Sunday, goes to Mass and says, ‘I’m a good Catholic’ and all that, we have to have some understanding of [the] pushback.
American Catholics have been divided over the issue for at least 20 years, with a current focus on pro-abortion Democrats including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. In 2004, Cardinal Burke, at the time an archbishop, said he would not give Communion to then-Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat.
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