Pfleger fails as a priest

By now everyone knows about Fr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's parish in Chicago and his rant against Hillary at the infamous Trinity United Church of Christ (Rev. Jeremiah Wright's previous employer), but that is not the reason he fails as priest and should be excommunicated from the Catholic Church. It has to do with his support, both verbally and financially, to those who support abortion including Rev Al Sharpton and Barack Obama. Yes, he has given money in the past (at least $1200) to Obama's campaigns in return for state and federal tax money for his programs. The issue of abortion is supposed to be strictly upheld, even to the point of denying politicians communion for their support of abortion (on 16 Feb 2005 Cardinal Francis Arinze, the top Vatican official in charge of sacraments declared that no pro-abortion politician may partake in Holy Communion). Yet, here is a priest who has given money to a man who supports abortion at any stage of pregnancy--even partial birth abortions, and he is allowed to remain a priest. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI should immediately step in and remove Fr. Pfegler as a priest and excommunicate him from the Church regardless of what else he may have done either for or against people. This is one stand the Catholic Church should make and should make it now. They need to let all Catholics around the world know that their resolve on this issue is unwavering. This is not a political issue, but a moral issue. And now I here Obama is courting the Catholic vote. How can a devout Catholic vote for a man who supports abortion unequivocally? There are are issues about life and death in the Catholic Church that are not so clear, such as the death penalty, wars, etc., but this issue is defined emphatically because of the destruction of an innocent life.

We'll see how the Church responds or if they are so enamored by Obama and his supporters such as Fr. Pfleger that they will turn the other way.