The No Communion Argument
If you're interested in the reasons church officials believe presidential candidate John Kerry shouldn't receive Communion, National Catholic Register has a fairly detailed and clearly written explanation.
Excerpt: "There is a moral dimension to politics just as there is a moral dimension to the economy, medicine, family life, and science. Christians cannot engage in business as if it were outside the realm of morality, any more than doctors can practice medicine without due regard for moral norms, and thus we have "business ethics" and "medical ethics" to help people of good will, and especially Christians, to live out these vocations according to the values and principles of the Gospel and right reason. "Political ethics" offers a no less important service to Christians who engage in public service for the good of society.
"Catholic politicians can no more check their faith at the door of Congress than Catholic businesspeople can conduct their affairs independently of Christian moral principles."
