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However, in referring to "electoral politics," it is more likely that Cohen was speaking of the controversy surrounding the endorsement of a statement that asked people to vote "no" on Propostion 1-2-3. We should remember, however, that since this type of action benefits no single political figure and merely takes a stand on an issue, it does not violate our non-profit organization status...
Although Bok's letter may seem to be a conciliatory step back from the council's position, insiders explain that the council statement had relatively little effect on the tone and substance of the administrators' letter...
Stumping for the White House, John F. Kennedy promised voters he would leave office if his Roman Catholicism ever interfered with his political duties. Last week New York's John Cardinal O'Connor proclaimed that Kennedy was wrong: Catholics should fight, not quit. In a strongly worded twelve-page statement published in the archdiocesan weekly, the Cardinal declared that Catholic officeholders had an obligation to support their church's moral teachings -- especially on abortion. Failure to do so, he said, merited excommunication...
Reaction was immediate -- much of it indignant. Snapped New York Congressman Charles Rangel, a pro-choice Catholic: "I can't believe that such a meanspirited, threatening and intimidating statement could have possibly come from my Cardinal." New York Governor Mario Cuomo, a prominent target of O'Connor's threat, called the statement "profoundly disconcerting," adding judiciously that "those of us in public life take what he says very seriously and always have...
...Father James Provost of the Catholic University of America says that a bishop could theoretically take such action under catchall canon-law provisions concerning errant church members, but he says such instances are "very rare." Though there was speculation that O'Connor would not have issued such a sweeping statement without tacit Vatican approval, Rome has no public policy on pro- choice politicians. Indeed, the church has tended to play down excommunication since the Second Vatican Council...