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Gov. Sebelius admonished to stop taking Communion by bishop

Today's Kansas City Star carries this story about Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, being admonished to stop taking communion based on her long held pro-choice position:

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/613716.html

It saddens me that a bishop chooses to use his authority in this way. And as a Kansas Catholic it worries me that this rigidity will spread to other dioceses.

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Moral truth - relative or absolute?

Card. Ratzinger / Pope Benedict wrote of moral relativism as the central problem for the Church today. I wonder how many among us in this forum are moral relativists.

Do you believe that moral truth is absolute and unchanging, or is moral truth in fact determined by the personal subject?

If you believe that moral truth is absolute and unchanging, do you accept the magisterium of the Church as the authorized spokesman of that truth, to the extent that such truth has been revealed to mankind?

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