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Ad Assails D.C. Cardinal for Stance on Communion
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| Contributor | Mr. Techno |
| Last Edited | Mr. Techno Jun 14, 2004 10:43pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, June 14, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Roman Catholic antiabortion group launched an advertising campaign against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington yesterday, attacking him for saying he is not comfortable denying Communion to Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) and other Catholic members of Congress who support abortion rights.
The Virginia-based American Life League said the advertisements are the beginning of a $500,000 print ad campaign targeting bishops who are reluctant to punish Catholic politicians for taking policy positions that defy the church. The first ad shows Jesus in agony on the cross and asks: "Cardinal McCarrick: Are you comfortable now?"
Under pressure from such groups and from the Vatican, a small but growing number of U.S. bishops have said they would deny the Eucharist, which Catholics believe is the body and blood of Christ, to elected officials such as Democratic presidential candidate Kerry and the governor of New Jersey. |
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