It was just revealed in a NYT report that in 1997, Rep. Patrick Kennedy was told to stop receiving Communion by a Rhode Island bishop because of the congressman's public stance on "moral issues." Bishop Thomas Tobin divulged details of his confidential exchange with Kennedy after the Democratic lawmaker told The Providence Journal in a story published Sunday that Tobin had instructed him...
You know, the Catholic Church certainly gets to enforce whatever rules they make - but this wouldn't bother me so much if they were consistent. After all, when was the last time a bishop singled out someone for supporting what the Church itself labeled an "unjust war" or for voting in support of the death penalty ? PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick...
Really, there doesn’t seem to be any limit to their evil. Not only does Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin bar Rep. Patrick Kennedy from taking Communion (which he’s permitted to do under Catholic doctrine), he does it because Kennedy opposes the official Church stance on health care reform, and threatens any other priest who disobeys him. [...]
A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated today when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights.
Catholic Role Model Druggy Patrick Kennedy. Awwwwww. Druggy Patrick Kennedy is barred from receiving Communion . Providence Journal : Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy to receive the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because of his advocacy of abortion rights, the Rhode Island Democrat said Friday. “The bishop instructed me not to take Communion...
A CNN article reports that: Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy (pictured) to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights. Kennedy, a Democrat, is the son of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy...
At least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it - and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter indicating that the bishop has chastised the Congressman on the subject of abortion...
Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has taken the next step in his escalating war against Patrick Kennedy and abortion. (See my most recent post on Tobin and Kennedy.) According to an interview with Kennedy published today in the Providence Journal, Kennedy says that Tobin “instructed” him not to receive Communion because of his abortion rights [...]
Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday.
This I guess is just breaking a tad. This will get interesting. Creative Minority Report has Bp. Tobin Bans Kennedy From Communion Unless I am totally out to lunch on this I don't think this affects Kennedy in other Dioceses. I always thought that needed to be changed but that is the state of affairs under the law. So I expect a full communion watch to start taking place around the D.C. area. I have...
Today's Providence (RI) Journal reports that Catholic Diocese of Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has barred U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) from receiving communion because of Kennedy's views on abortion rights. Kennedy told the newspaper: "The bishop instructed me not to take Communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not to give me Communion." This take the dispute...
Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred Congressman Patrick Kennedy from receiving communion, apparently in reprisal for his criticism of the church’s activism regarding abortion in the health care bill. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, A Rhode Island Democrat, said the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence has forbidden him from receiving communion due to his support for [...]
Kennedy is denied communion because of his stance on abortion. The Catholic Church is adhering to its principles, which is admirable. But its principles are outdated and impractical for today's world. What is the purpose of religion anyway? It seems that it only causes war. It divides people. It gives people the ego and the self-righteousness to preach but not practice. I understand the opposition...
"The bishop instructed me not to take Communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not to give me Communion," Kennedy told the paper in an interview
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Massachusetts joined with citizens of the Commonwealth and Armenian Americans across the U.S. in mourning the passing of Senate icon and lifelong advocate of Armenian issues, Senator Ted Kennedy. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) with his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy(D-R.I.) speaking at the ANCA Armenian Genocide Observance on Capitol Hill on April 21,
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