Canonical
reprimand? Biden should be excommunicated!
God
will perhaps not judge him harshly?
God will send him to burn in hell!
Retired
Bishop: Biden's Kenya Constitution Support
'Invites Canonical Censure'
By
Kathleen Gilbert
CORPUS
CHRISTI, Texas, June 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- Bishop Rene Henry Gracida, Bishop
Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of
Corpus Christi, has called for a canonical
reprimand against U.S. Vice President
Joe Biden. Biden, a Catholic, recently
travelled to Kenya to lobby for the
country's proposed constitution, which
has been strenuously opposed by pro-life
groups due to its pro-abortion language.
Biden
told a crowd earlier this month that
the Kenya government should adopt the
new constitution in order "to allow
money to flow" to Kenya from other
countries.
When
asked about the lobbying of U.S. pro-life
groups against the document, Biden told
religious leaders that the Obama administration
did not share the position of such groups,
and said
that their activites are "one of
the drawbacks of democracy."
Bishop
Gracida wrote on his
blog Saturday that Biden
"has crossed the line as a Catholic"
by supporting the document.
"Now
he has taken a stand on Kenya’s
proposed new constitution, a stand which
is probably a violation of US law and
a stand that is certainly immoral,"
wrote the retired bishop. "Perhaps
God, who knows whether or not Biden’s
brain was permanently damaged by his
brain surgery, will not judge him too
harshly, but the Church, which does
not have that kind of knowledge should
certainly speak out and reprimand him."
Then-senator
Biden underwent two operations in 1988
to correct intracranial aneurysms.
Last
month, three U.S. congressmen with legal
oversight jurisdiction over foreign
funds launched
a probe to determine
whether the Obama administration has
violated federal law by using taxpayer
money to promote the pro-abortion constitution.
"For
to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain." (Phil 1:21)