The decision by the United States Bishops to authorise the drafting of a document on Eucharistic coherence is a sign of their courage and wisdom. The document will set forth the Church’s plain teaching on the incompatibility of receiving or being administered the Most Holy Eucharist when one publicly and obstinately rejects the Church’s teaching on abortion and other serious matters.
By a 73 per cent margin (168-55), the bishops have taken an important first step in countering the sacrilege and scandal of elected Catholic officials promoting and protecting the crime of killing unborn children during their work week, and then, without any apparent shame or hesitancy, coming to Mass and receiving Our Lord’s Most Holy Body and Blood on Sunday.
