{"id":7423,"date":"2004-04-23T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2004-04-23T11:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/arinze_on_kerry.html"},"modified":"2004-04-23T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2004-04-23T11:23:34","slug":"arinze_on_kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/arinze_on_kerry.html","title":{"rendered":"Arinze on Kerry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&amp;storyID=4923607\">Says no.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The cardinal spoke amid a debate in the United States over whether Democrat John Kerry should be denied communion, which Catholics believe is the body of Christ, because he supports abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference presenting a Vatican document restating standing rules about the celebration of Mass, Cardinal Francis Arnize was reminded of the Kerry case and asked if a priest should refuse communion to a politician who is unambiguously pro-abortion. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes,&#8221; he answered. &#8220;If the person should not receive it, then it should not be given. Objectively, the answer is there.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kerry is rallying with pro-abortion rights women&#8217;s groups today. Report forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says no. The cardinal spoke amid a debate in the United States over whether Democrat John Kerry should be denied communion, which Catholics believe is the body of Christ, because he supports abortion rights. At a news conference presenting a Vatican document restating standing rules about the celebration of Mass, Cardinal Francis Arnize was reminded&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arinze on Kerry - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/arinze_on_kerry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arinze on Kerry - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Says no. 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