Pope gave communion to Tony Blair?
Dear Brother Ignatius,
I was reading an article in Newsday yesterday http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uscath233818320may25,0,76010.story.
When I came to the paragraph below I was really surprised and wondered if it could possibly be true.
Saying that pro-abortion politicians should be denied Communion ... is a new and, really, a very unusual development," said the Rev. Thomas Reese, editor of America, a Catholic magazine. "It's not happening in Europe. It's not happening in Italy. Even the pope gave Communion to Tony Blair, who's a pro-choice Episcopalian, at a private Mass last year."
Do you know if this is true? Would the pope really give holy communion to a pro-abortion non-catholic? I don't think so. Newsday has not been too kind to the Catholic Church and I would like to write to them with the facts.
Thanks for any information you may have.
Sincerely,
Maria
QUESTION from Maria on May 26, 2004
ANSWER by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM on June 1, 2004
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Dear Maria: Consider the source of who said this. That alone will tell you that his words are best printed out and used as lining for the bottom of a bird cage.
God Bless, |