News Source: CNN
| 3 months ago
A dispute over abortion between the only remaining Kennedy in Congress and his Roman Catholic bishop has highlighted the political volatility of the issue and the challenge it presents to the nation's Catholics. "How can you claim to be a Catholic...
News Source: Sify News
| 3 months ago
A Pennsylvania lawmaker defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Monday against a bishop who has acknowledged asking the Rhode Island congressman not to receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion rights. "We don't legislate at the orders of...
News Source: The Boston Globe
| 3 months ago
R.I.— There has been no comment from Rep. Patrick Kennedy since news broke over the weekend that Diocese of Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin had asked the Democratic lawmaker not to take Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion rights.
News Source: United Press International
| 3 months ago
Providence, R.I., Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin says he never ordered priests in his diocese to deny communion to U.S...Speaking Sunday to the Providence Journal, Tobin denied an allegation made last week by Kennedy in which he said the bishop told...
News Source: Leader Post Online
| 3 months ago
The uneasy relationship between the Kennedy family and the Catholic Church turned to open warfare Monday after a bishop said he was refusing Communion to Patrick Kennedy because of his pro-abortion stand. Bishop Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic...