Thursday, October 25, 2012

Bishops Excommunicate Lawmakers Who Legalized Abortion

by Steven Ertelt | Montevideo, Uruguay | LifeNews.com

Catholic bishops in the small nation of Uruguay, which will soon become only the second in South America to legalize abortion, have excommunicated members of Congress who voted to do so.

“Excommunication applies to Catholics who have acted directly in carrying out an abortion, which does not include those who vote for a law that allows it,” Bishop Heriberto Bodeant, secretary general of the conference said. “Automatic excommunication is for those who collaborate in the execution of an abortion in a direct way, and direct means committing that specific act,” the Bishops Conference explained on their website. 

Read more: http://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/23/uruguay-bishops-excommunicate-lawmakers-who-legalized-abortion/

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