I hope this story is true.

I haven’t yet seen this from a wide variety of sources, so I can’t vouch for its reliability. But it’s reported that Cardinal Ratzinger has told American Catholic bishops that pro-abortion politicians must be denied communion.

Judging from the above report, ++Ratzinger is right on target. Kudos (or the Latin equivalent) to him.

I’m not concerned about the political impact of this, which will be mixed I expect. I am concerned about any part of the church giving cover to active public pro-abortionists. I am provoked when any part of the church pretends that everything is o.k. when someone is engaging in such grave public wrong (as I said on 6-29). If ++Ratzinger is saying that must end, then good for him.