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July 10, 2001
Pro-abortion TDs could face public excommunication
By Conor Keane, Irish Examiner

PROMINENT pro-abortion Catholic politicians could face public excommunication if a petition to Pope John Paul II succeeds. Catholic organisations in the US, who initiated the petition, are asking anti-abortion groups in Ireland to nominate politicians to be cited in the petition, along with 52 public figures in the US, including Senators Edward Kennedy, John Kerry and Joseph Biden.

The Canonical Petition to Excommunicate Culture of Death Catholics is being submitted to Pope John Paul II by groups like the America Life League; Roman Catholic Faithful; The Daily Catholic and Catholic World News.

Petition originator Timothy A. Chichester said only US politicians have been cited by name to-date, but he said he wants to extend the petition to Ireland and other countries.

“We would dearly welcome the inclusion of Irish politicians in this petition. In choosing the criteria for defendant selection, we generally chose the most hard-core and high-profile extremists who actively support partial birth infanticide in addition to mere abortion, those with documented records,” he explained.

Mr Chichester said Ireland’s price for the promise of steady employment by the EU is acceptance of the culture of death.

“In a nutshell, you will end as a back-water, a minor entity of the EU, a source of cheap labour for the larger industrialised countries, fully under the influence of the world population controllers, and as spiritually and culturally wasted as the British. That is why are asking you to join our international effort to halt the slide ... to halt the betrayal by Catholics in name only. This petition is not just a spiritual work of mercy to the individuals named, but to each of our nations. Our people have not been catechised properly.

“Most do not understand that it is a mortal sin to vote for a pro-abortion politician. Propagate this petition and save Ireland from becoming another nation of sorrowful and bitter families,” he said. ##

 
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