Roman Catholics that focus solely on the abortion issue are demonstrating a lack of understanding of the catechism of their own church. Joe, correct me if I am wrong, but there is no weighting of mortal sin. A grave sin is mortal if it is committed with full knowledge and with deliberate consent, of the sinner. This brings to mind a couple of thoughts. One of the sins considered to be mortal is the defrauding of a working person of their wages, another would be mistreatment of the poor, and another would be voluntary murder. This deluded priest probably supported John Kennedy for President, yet John Kerry's and Barack Obama's position on abortion is really no different from his. Neither believes that abortion is proper or desired, but agreed that they must respect the law. I can hardly see how the priest can say that Obama is giving consent for abortion. He is simply obeying the law, and upholding the Constitution.

Yet I wonder further, how come this radical right priest did not threaten the conservatives that voted for Bush, and McCain, in the same way. Did these men not support the waging of war on false pretenses, resulting in the deaths of thousands of US citizens and Iraqi citizens? Did not many children die as a result of policies undertaken with full knowledge from, and with deliberate consent of, and administration that was fully aware that it was being waged under false pretenses? I wonder how he justifies giving communion to those, who with knowledge and intent, voted for policies designed to centralize wealth in the hands of the very rich, to the detriment of the working men and women and their families? I wonder if he does not see that the actions of the CEO's on Wall Street and in the offices of the investment banks constitutes usury, and is done with knowledge and intent.

Here's a newsflash for these right wing "Christians" from a left wing liberation style Catholic. Christ is coming ....... and is he pissed off.

Mick

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Note from Joe: there is a fairly distinct line between mortal and venial sin, but there are levels of seriousness within those categories. Mass murder is definitely more serious than missing Mass on Sunday (willfully missing Mass used to be considered a mortal sin, and could send you to Hell if you hadn't repented).