Dublin priest tells congregation during Sermon “if you voted yes, you have no business receiving Holy Communion”

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Based on the fact that they are supporting abortion which is a sin, not for voting as such. Can you see the difference?
 
I understand but I am referring to a different set of figures, from the official exit polls on the day of the vote. You are referring to the actual vote

One of the questions asked as voters left the polling stations was their religious afffiliation both nominally and as regular committed mass goers.

The figures for the latter came to over 60% of THOSE WHO VOTED, not of the entire population ie over 60 % of the YES votes were from practising Catholics.

I cannot access the actual site as it is a pay site .
 
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Good luck to that priest to keeping the church occupied next Sunday.
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However, the priest is correct. Cooperating in a sin of grave matter (in this case supporting abortion) carries the penalty of automatic excommunication.
It is better to have a smaller Church with those who are faithful.
 
No, I cannot see a difference between what you wrote and what I wrote.
The priest’s statement was based on how people voted. That is what is being discussed here.
 
When he was Cardinal Bergoglio Pope Francis told the Argentine legislators that if they voted for abortion they should consider themselves excommunicated.
 
I am saying that votes are a private matter of individual conscience, and that there is a slippery slope to the Church kicking people out based on votes.

You are choosing to ignore my reasonable statement and take an extreme emotional position. I’m not going to play that game with you. Feel free to tell me I’m going to Hades or whatever.

Have a nice day.
 
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Not about votes but about leading others into sin. If every Catholic here had voted no? We are responsible for the results of our actions including voting.

It is not the act of voting the Bishops are talking about but the act of actively supporting and enabling abortion
 
Voting in a referendum where the ONLY issue is whether to support abortion or not Catholics may not support abortion.
As I mentioned earlier supporting abortion is a sin of grave matter (and I don’t believe any Catholic voting in that referendum did not know it was a sin of grave matter because the Church publicly many times made that clear) and consequently by giving their support they committed a mortal sin and are automatically excommunicated (supporting abortion carries that penalty).
 
You need to provide your sources if you want your facts to be believed. You presumably read them somewhere at least once. But asking people as they leave the polling place, voting for abortion, many people have no problem not telling the truth about whether they attend mass regularly. The poll I linked was done independent of a voting issue and I believe it to be true. 60% of Ireland is not attending mass on a weekly basis. Again, practicing Catholics did not vote for this.
 
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