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In civil society we look to our institutions of faith to define the right and wrong positions on moral issues, like abortion. Bishop Thomas Tobin's request that US Rep. Patrick Kennedy (DR.I.), refrain from asking for Holy Communion seems ...Read Original Story: Kennedy, Catholics and Communion - FOXNews In an effort that has produced heated public feuds as well as significant changes in proposed health care legislation, religious leaders are zeroing in on followers of their faith in Congre...

About catholic, bishop thomas, providence bishop tobin, rep. patrick kennedy, communion

AP PROVIDENCE, RI - There's no comment from Rep. Patrick Kennedy since news that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop has asked the Democratic lawmaker not to take communion because of his abortion rights stance. Kennedy told The Providence Journal for ...Read Original Story: Still no comment from Kennedy on Communion flap - Philadelphia Inquirer Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, shown Monday at an event at La Salle Academy, aired his dispute with Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy over abortion on M...

About catholic, bishop thomas, providence bishop tobin, rep. patrick kennedy, communion

By Richard Salit andby Amanda Milkovits Gerry Moniz didn't hesitate when asked what she thinks of the nationally publicized dispute between Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin and Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy over whether the congressman should refrain from ...Read Original Story: In the Tobin-Kennedy standoff, no shortage of opinions - Providence Journal Apparently not having been warned that the host is a thug and a blowhard, Bishop Tobin—the fellow who urged Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to present ...

About catholic, bishop thomas, providence bishop tobin, rep. patrick kennedy, communion

AP PROVIDENCE, RI - There's no comment from Rep. Patrick Kennedy since news that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop has asked the Democratic lawmaker not to take communion because of his abortion rights stance. Kennedy told The Providence Journal for ...Read Original Story: Still no comment from Kennedy on Communion flap - Philadelphia Inquirer The Catholic Church elbowed its way into the health care reform debate by making threats to presidents and cajoling of congressmen in pursuit of t...

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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin on Monday said he was "in no way" referring to US Rep. Patrick K. Kennedy's well-publicized mental health issues, when -- on talk radio -- he cited Kennedy's "increasingly erratic and ...Read Original Story: Bishop calls Kennedy behavior "erratic," but defends comment - Providence Journal U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's public feud with Rhode Island's top bishop over abortion rights comes as the nation's Catholic p...

About bishop thomas, bishop tobin, rep. patrick kennedy, communion, catholic church

By Matthew dobias The US Conference of Catholic Bishops denied a split between it and the nation's largest religious-affiliated hospital association over support of congressional efforts to overhaul the healthcare industry. ...Read Original Story: Religious-affiliated hospitals split on reform support - ModernHealthcare.com AP PROVIDENCE, RI - There's no comment from Rep. Patrick Kennedy since news that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop has asked the Democratic lawmaker not to take commu...

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By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a Catholic, says his local Roman Catholic bishop instructed him to stop taking communion three years ago and ordered diocesan priests to deny him the Eucharist because of Kennedy's ...Read Original Story: Patrick Kennedy: My Bishop Ordered Me to Forego Communion - U.S. News & World Report Because he supports abortion rights, a view in conflict with Roman Catholic teaching, Patrick Kennedy is now being banned from takin...

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On February 21, 2007, I wrote to Congressman Kennedy stating: "In light of the Church's clear teaching, and your consistent actions, therefore, I believe it is inappropriate for you to be receiving Holy Communion and I now ask respectfully that you ...Read Original Story: Patrick Kennedy, whinypants Catholic - Beliefnet.comRhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader issued a scathing remonstrance of US Rep. Patrick Kennedy yesterday after his bombshell admission that the bishop barred him f...

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Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D – Rhode Island) seems to be the latest victim of a growing effort by the Catholic Church to ram its views down the federal government's — and by extension, the general public's — collective throat. ...Read Original Story: Bully pulpit - CapeNews.net East Providence, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Tobin, of Rhode Island said on Sunday that he had asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy, long back in 2007 to stop receiving because of the congressman...

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(ChattahBox)—Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, the Democratic lawmaker from Rhode Island, and the son of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, told reporters on Friday, that he has been banned from receiving the Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion, ...Read Original Story: Catholic Bishop Bans Rep. Kennedy From Communion - ChattahBox In the politics of religion a Catholic Bishop has barred Congressman Patrick Kennedy from taking communion. Kennedy is being denied communion because of his public policy...