Spokane, Wash., Feb 2, 2019 / 11:24 am
The Bishop of Spokane said Friday that that politicians who publicly support abortion should not receive the Eucharist in his diocese.
"Politicians who reside in the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, and who obstinately persevere in their public support for abortion, should not receive Communion without first being reconciled to Christ and the Church," Bishop Thomas Daly wrote in a Feb. 1 letter to his diocese.
"Efforts to expand access to abortion, allowing murder of children up to the moment of birth is evil. Children are a gift from God, no matter the circumstances of their conception. They not only have a right to life, but we as a society have a moral obligation to protect them from harm."
"The Church's commitment to the life of every human person from conception until death is firm. God alone is the author of life and for the civil government to sanction the willful murder of children is unacceptable. For a Catholic political leader to do so is scandalous," Daly said.