…weigh in.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix said that instead of refusing to offer communion, he would attempt to use persuasion to educate politicians about church teachings.
“My job is to get to know the key people in the state and appeal to their consciences,” he said.
Olmsted’s position puts him at odds with several conservative bishops, including Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis and Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs, who in a letter earlier this week said any Catholic who votes for a politician who backs abortion rights may not receive communion.
Olmsted’s stand is more in line with Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson who on Thursday said sanctions against politicians would be “premature.”
and Pueblo
Pueblo Roman Catholic Bishop Arthur Tafoya has called on his flock this election year to consider not just abortion but also poverty, war, the death penalty and working for peace and justice.
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