Pete Vere has a good article on Catholic Exchange about the cannon laws pertaining to abortion and what Bishops can do about those public figures like politicians who support the culture of death.
Update: Pete must have struck a nerve since I have see this same article linked to on multiple parishioners of St. Blogs.
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I am not a canon lawyer, so I can’t claim any special expertise. But, a short thought – would Pete consider Pontius Pilate (had he been Catholic) to have been excommunicated? All Pilate did was issue a decree allowing for Christ’s death. He never actually put the nail in His hands or feet, etc. Likewise, these politicians are the ones who have “decreed” the death of these innocents. Without that decree, many, if not most of these deaths would not have occurred.
Hi Matt, great question. The answer is no. Pilate was a Roman, not a Jew. Ergo, he could not be excommunicated from Judaism since he was never part of it to begin with. Herod is different question altogether.
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