Eucharist denial to Catholic politicians over abortion
id:
eucharist-denial-to-catholic-politicians-over-abortion-207-156940
title:
Eucharist denial to Catholic politicians over abortion
text:
Because the Catholic Church opposes abortion as a matter of doctrine, some Catholic bishops have refused or threatened to refuse communion, or threatened to declare excommunication upon Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. In some cases, officials have stated that ministers should refuse communion to such politicians per canon 915 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law; elsewhere, that the politicians should, on their own, refrain from receiving communion ad normam canon 916; and in other ca
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist_denial_to_Catholic_politicians_over_abortion
date created:
2011-12-20T00:05:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:20:38Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q5053301","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5053301"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14