And this is, perhaps, a step towards holding such famed and allegedly Catholic politicians as Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry to account:
According to the Washington Times, Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington plans to maintain the pastoral request Kathleen Sebelius’ bishop made in 2007 asking her not to receive Communion.
Governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius is looking to move to Washington D.C. to become the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius is President Obama’s second nominee to the post after Tom Daschle withdrew from consideration after it was revealed he failed to pay $140,000 in taxes.
Gov. Sebelius has both political and religious controversy surrounding her, with her local bishop, Archbishop Joseph Naumann asking her to refrain from Holy Communion for her “30-year history of advocating and acting in support of legalized abortion.” The archbishop told CNA that he came to the point of asking the governor to refrain from Communion after speaking with her over a two-year period at various levels.
Upon hearing that she was nominated by President Obama, Archbishop Naumann wrote in his weekly column in The Leaven that “her appointment to HHS is particularly troubling.”
If Sebelius’ nomination as HHS Secretary is accepted and she moves to Washington D.C., she will face the same request to not receive Communion.
Believe what you want to believe – but if you are to go into your public life and claim the mantle of “Catholic”, then there are some requirements one will be held to. For far too long, in my view, Catholics who subscribe to a decidedly anti-Catholic world view and/or are unwilling to fight for Catholic truth have been given a pass by the Church, thus leading to confusion among the faithful as to what the Church teaches on the crucial issues of the day. Of course, I’m a lot more impatient than I should be, and the Church – by taking its time – might just be acting in a more Christian manner than I’m currently capable of achieving. Be that as it may, I welcome this move.
In an age of lies, in a time of great moral confusion, what is needed is truth and clarity. Better for there to be a smaller Church more strictly faithful to Truth than a larger Church not adhering to any truth at all. Once upon a time, the Church was a dozen men plus a few others…but those dozen men were strong in their faith and insistent upon speaking genuine truth. And so the dozen became millions. And so it will again, if it comes to that, provided we hold firm to Truth.
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