PRIEST PROTECTS HOLY EUCHARIST

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, released the following statement regarding Professor Douglas Kmiec being denied Holy Communion:“We applaud the actions of the Catholic priest who humbly enforced Canon 915 earlier this month by denying Holy Communion to Professor Kmiec. The long held but erroneous idea that all moral issues carry the same weight as the destruction of preborn human beings by acts of abortion is entirely contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Those who publicly create scandal by arguing otherwise reject official Church teaching and are thus unworthy to receive the Body and Blood of Christ in Holy Communion. To receive the sacrament when one is publicly opposing a fundamental teaching of the Catholic Church creates scandal.”“It is my hope that all faithful Catholic priests will reject this politicization of the Blessed Sacrament and preserve its sanctity. Holy Communion is not a political prop, but rather the centerpiece of the Catholic Faith.”