Excerpt from “A Pastoral Letter to the Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Colorado Springs on the Duties of Catholic Politicians and Voters”
Any Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion, for illicit stem cell research or for any form of euthanasia ipso facto place themselves outside full communion with the Church and so jeopardize their salvation. Any Catholics who vote for candidates who stand for abortion, illicit stem cell research or euthanasia suffer the same fateful consequences. It is for this reason that these Catholics, whether candidates for office or those who would vote for them, may not receive Holy Communion until they have recanted their positions and been reconciled with God and the Church in the Sacrament of Penance.
Most Reverend Michael J. Sheridan
Bishop of Colorado Springs
That is one of the reasons I no longer consider myself one of them.
I’ve heard Colorado Springs makes Orange County look like Berkely.
As to euthenasia: I have yet to figure out why it is OK to “Play God” in the form of proloning a person’s life for months or years beyond what is natural for them, without providing any quality of life (i.e. keeping a person alive on machines, etc, possibly even against their will)
–an act which may even be prolonging that person’s terrible pain and suffering–yet it is NOT OK with the church (or government) to cease a person’s suffering when death is very near and inevitable. Not that I think we should rush anyone through the pearly gates, but it seems hypocritcal to me.
The post on euthanasia was mine. I wasn’t trying to avoid conflict, I simply forgot to put my name on it.