Thank you, Bishop Paprocki

This week, Illinois passed the most extreme pro-abortion state legislation in America — with some Catholic lawmakers taking the lead in pushing forward this anti-life bill.

In response, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, today issued a public decree communicating to his priests that all Illinois Catholic lawmakers who voted for the state’s new Reproductive Health Act, or for an earlier 2017 bill that legalized taxpayer funding of abortions, should not present themselves to receive Holy Communion in the Diocese of Springfield “without first being reconciled to Christ and the Church.” The decree, and an accompanying letter, were mailed earlier in the week to all of the Catholic lawmakers who voted in favor of the bills.

Read the whole story here along with an indepth interview.

There will surely be public outrage over this decision but there should be public outrage over the actions of these Catholics who are leading so many into un-Catholic actions. Not only innocent lives are at stake but these politicians' souls. The Bishop is on the watchtower and it's his job to warn of danger. Good job!