Rudy Guliani, former Mayor of NY, took it upon himself to receive communion from a priest during Pope Benedict New York City visit, despite the fact that Giuliani knows that, by being divorced, and marrying outside his religion, he violated his faith's rules. Many New Yorkers were outraged, and said, "he should know better". I say, he is aware of the doctrine of his religion, and he will have to live with his decision. He should leave ego at the door- so to speak...
From NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/04/19/2008-04-19_against_faiths_rules_rudy_giuliani_recei.html
Pope excommunicates Rudy as first salvo in war on cafeteria Catholics. For exclusive coverage see "Dear Rudy" http://michaeljamesh.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-rudy.html
Posted by: michael h | April 22, 2008 at 06:19 PM