Kerry said to be excommunicated

[DrewR]

Los Angeles, Oct. 18 (CWNews.com) - A consultant to the Vatican has said Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has incurred the penalty of excommunication from the Catholic Church.

The consultant made his statement in a highly unusual letter to Marc Balestrieri, a Los Angeles canon lawyer who formally sued John Kerry in ecclesiastical court for heresy...

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http://cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=32830

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[LeinesRed]

2. Wouldn't that put him in pretty good company?

Anyone want to start a list???????

[RevCheesehead]

10. Martin Luther

[AntiFascist]

21. Time to start quoting bible verses that condemn....

worship of icons.

[LeinesRed]

31. Galileo?

oh, but wait a minute...didn't the Bush Administration revoke all policy regarding his "unproven" science too?

[Raster]

3. Mods, please lock. This is NOT A VALID NEWSOURCE.!!!

[Catch22Dem]

5. Jesus Christ, and Drudge is?

That a-hole ends up in LBN all the time.

[Catch22Dem]

4. heresy! what a fucking RIOT!!!!

Could someone PLEASE accuse me of heresy as well? Nothing would make me happier.

[LeinesRed]

7. I'd respond but....

GOD TOLD ME TO HATE YOU!!!!! :evilgrin:

[Catch22Dem]

17. Aw MAN

Please don't tell me I'm now SAVED. That would really ruin my week!

[LeinesRed]

29. Love the sinner...hate their clothes...

doesn't make sense but I think it's hilarious...
www.bettybowers.com

[truthisfreedom]

6. WTF? does the Vatican WANT GW to win, with all of his war-mongering?

who is going to step forward and reverse this crap?

[LeinesRed]

12. no kidding.....a peace action group released the church teachings

compared to Kerry and other "pious" senators. Apparently he was the most "Catholic" in regard to the teachings of the church.

On edit: I originally cited "Peace Action Network" but now I'm not sure...anyone know of the organization that listed a comparison of Kerry's votes vs. the Catholic Church? I'm thinking of capital punishment, poverty, war, etc.

[sventvkg]

8. Organized Religion still fucking up the world....

When will it end?

[BootinUp]

9. satire in LBN?

probably the wrong forum for this post, but it is funny.

[kerryin2004]

11. He who is without sin can throw the first stone...

I find this interesting that you feel compelled to post this 31 post? Looking for a shocking reaction? I am so sick of these assholes following a man that has killed 20,000 Iraqi's in an unjust war yet they bag on Kerry for allowing others to make their own moral choices?? It is truly sickening! But hey, the wedge issues work effectively for Bush as he steals from the treasury we blindly argue about abortion and gay marriage.. The American public are being played!

[CreekDog]

14. George Bush is pro-life? What about all those Iraqi Babies?!

How many did he kill in a war the Pope did not want him to start!

George Bush is pro-life my a**

[kerryin2004]

20. He is pro life..

As long as it is his and his families life you are talking about..Otherwise everyone else is expendable.

[peacebuzzard]

13. Case of the derelict priest rattling pots and pans.....

wonder who is giving the fool his incentive.....:eyes:

[flowomo]

15. Interesting sidelight here:

http://www.cwnews.com/offtherecord/offtherecord.cfm?task=singledisplay&recnum=2198

The source is Catholic World News

[grytpype]

16. Cardinal Fang! Fetch the soft cushions!

[LeinesRed]

18. Cool site...just signed up for their "News Ticker"

I'll be granted entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven before any of you...

[grytpype]

22. Not before me!

I have hundreds of these in my house:



I am clearly more holy than you!

[LeinesRed]

28. good lord, you just sent me in a tailspin back 30 years

I'm sitting at First Friday Mass...that statue is burned into both of my retinas....

[WI_DEM]

19. you do know if this happened it would backfire on the GOP

becuz many catholics are like Kerry, and I am one, I support a womans right to choose.

[scarface2004]

23. i m a heretic and i m ok....

sung to the tune of 'i m a lumberjack!'

[mahina]

24. Funny, they didn't do that to anyone in Italy and abortion is legal there.

This is just disgusting.
Oh BTW enjoy your stay!

[crispini]

25. So, guys, I'm not familiar with this website....

I take it from posts upthread that this is bogus?

[54anickel]

26. Sheesh, and what does Canon law say about pedophiles? They stay

in the church.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/07/church.htm

America's Catholic leadership may talk of zero tolerance for sex offenders in the priesthood, but bishops have a 100% problem with shedding such men. They can't. "These (sex abusers) are criminals, but they are our criminals and we can't lose them. Indeed, the bishops have a duty to try to save them," says the Rev. Reginald Whitt, professor of canon law at University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis.

Even a convicted pedophile priest who has exchanged clerical black for prison blues remains a priest and the responsibility of his bishop under canon law, the internal rules of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church.

snip>

What is canon law?

The institutional Catholic Church, modeled on the hierarchical structure of the late Roman Empire, has been governed for centuries by its own rules for worship, dealings within the church and responsibilities for its evangelistic mission. Its purpose is to order the path to salvation, not to assess crime or mete out punishment, says Whitt.

[burrowowl]

27. BS

The Pope is worried Bu$h will be elected.
Go see www.usccb.org and www.votingcatholic.org
when you take a test on the latter, you will see that except for abortion, the Bishops' positions are opposed to Bu$h.
Also see Ratzinger, head doctrine honcho, says that in a secular society you have to focus on more than one issue.

[despairing optimist]

30. Vatican alienates pro-Kerry Catholics and pays the price

What am I bid for this fine Bernini altar, used only on Sundays and special holy days? I'll throw in a few statues too.

The RC Church relies on American Catholics for a large chunk of its income. It can't afford to take such a drastic step unless Kerry started doing strange things with crucifixes and vomiting pea soup. Most unlikely.

I hope he shakes *'s bed a bit, though. :-)

[Sparkly]

Check out the "editorial staff" of this outfit

http://www.cwnews.com/about/editorial.cfm

The editor:
Phil Lawler has been active in politics as well as journalism. He has been Director of Studies for the Heritage Foundation (a conservative think-tank based in Washington), a member of two presidential inaugural committees; and a candidate for the US Senate.

(There's also a "managing editor." Doesn't say which one of them makes the coffee.)

[Was_Immer]

32. WHY ARE YOU POSTING REPUBLICAN SMEARS ITS NOT TRUE

ITS NOT NOT NOT TRUE

Its a smear!

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[strategery blunder]

33. We're all hellbound heretics if you believe this...

I'm a Protestant, but if voting for Kerry is a sin that results in automatic exocommunication because he supports abortion, then wouldn't voting for Bu$h* be a sin eligible for automatic exocommunication because he supports wars that kill babies?:eyes:

*sigh*

[RummyTheDummy]

34. Fuck the Catholic Church

The entire church, just like the Pentacostals and Baptist fundies are built around one wedge issue politically -- abortion. And both seek to divide the country along those lines.

Personally, I cant think of a more irrelevant issue when looking at this country's future but alas, some see it differently.

And am I alone in thinking the Catholic faith is based solely on the manipulation of guilt?

[NVMojo]

36. what a bunch of stinky rectums...

the church who elevated pedophillia to a new level....assholes!!!

[Senator Lamb]

37. well

so i guess they should excommunicate Guiliani, Pataki, and Ridge as well.

[kskiska]

41. Arnold, too.

n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. Drive-by post. Nothing to see here, folks...

[JohnnyCougar]

40. why the mods don't get rid of it, i don't know...

[colt_5_5_6]

39. abortion

I am pro guns pro choice and pro tell people where you stand on the issues and if this is what happens well kerry will have to make a stand on his convictions

[Media_Lies_Daily]

42. Yadda-yadda-yadda. Thanks for the breeze.