The new pope, Benedict XVI, was key to the catholic quagmire of should communion be given to politicians that are pro-abortion. So according to a AFP new story we get this.
Link to the Story
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In a June 2004 letter to US bishops enunciating principles of worthiness for communion recipients, Ratzinger specified that strong and open supporters of abortion should be denied the Catholic sacrament, for being guilty of a "grave sin."
He specifically mentioned "the case of a Catholic politician consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws," a reference widely understood to mean Democratic candidate Kerry, a Catholic who has defended abortion rights.
The letter said a priest confronted with such a person seeking communion "must refuse to distribute it."
Nevertheless, in the November election, a majority of Catholic voters, who traditionally supported Democratic Party candidates, shifted their votes to Republican and eventual winner George W. Bush.
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Little did this guy know, in the fervor to save some fetuses, he has help to place an anti-Christian, anti-life administration in our known history. The policies of this administration has sealed the fates of millions of poor people in America. This administration has condemned thousands to death via HIV due to it's ill conceived abstinence only sex education, and the millions that die in 3rd world nations.
You push to save a few, and in it's wake, millions die. Sad.
From Life in Bush's America