Canadian Archbishop Says Deny Communion To Pro-Choice Politicians

In Canada, Ottawa's Catholic Archbishop Terrence Prendergast says that any Catholic politician who supports access to abortion, and who cannot be persuaded to change his or her position, should not publicly receive communion. Saturday's Ottawa Citizen reports that Prendergast set out his position in response to an audience member at a question and answer session. Rosemary Ganley, coordinator of Catholics for a Free Choice Canada, said the Archbishop's position is wrong in canon law and improper in Canada where church and state are separate.