Moe Lane of the national conservative blog RedState, has posted regarding the story which has been receiving national attention, regarding Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s having been asked to refrain from receiving Holy Communion (as far back as 2007), due to his anti-Catholic public stance in favor of abortion, including federal funding of it.
Of course, Patches has tried to spin it to portray himself as the victim (what’s new). Just think, all this could have been avoided if Patches had just managed to keep his mouth shut…
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.
Posted by Moe LaneAt least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it – and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter indicating that the bishop has chastised the Congressman on the subject of abortion since at least 2007; which will call into question the accuracy of Kennedy’s accusation that this is all about the Church’s firm line on abortion funding. It’s probably a factor, and it’s certainly true that Rep. Kennedy has been obdurate in his heresy* for some time, so this is merely the latest salvo.
Still, it’d be nice if we didn’t have to deal with this particular legacy Congressman. There’s actually a serious candidate this go-round: John Loughlin. State legislator, business owner, former military; not to be unkind, but Kennedy really hasn’t worked a day in his [expletive deleted] life, and it shows. Like, for example, in Kennedy’s ability to get himself sufficiently in trouble with the Church on this issue so as to actually be denied the Sacrament.
That takes skill.
Moe Lane
*The fact that the Church has neither the ability nor the particular desire to punish Rep. Kennedy (or other avowedly pro-abortion Catholics) for their shared heresy does not make it any less of one.
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