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Colombian Cardinal takes action:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cardinal Alfonso Llopez Trujillo announced Tuesday that the Colombian Catholic Church has excommunicated all persons involved in obtaining an abortion for an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant after she was raped.<\/span><\/p>\n

The order includes the judges, politicians and legislators involved in the decision, as well as the doctors, nurses and the girl\u2019s parents, the Manila Bulletin Online reported today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under excommunication, all those involved in the abortion are banned from receiving the sacraments, except the sacrament of confession, and may not perform a ministerial role in the Liturgy or other worship ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participating in abortion carries the automatic penalty of full excommunication, under the Catholic Code of Canon Law. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cardinal Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, has been very clear on the application of excommunication in cases of abortion. In a June interview with Famiglia Christiana magazine, Cardinal Trujillo said the doctors, nurses and the mother involved in abortion all incur excommunication, as would the father if he supported the abortion decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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