By Kevin Burke, LSW The Catholic Bishops of the U.S. voted in June to initiate the drafting of a teaching document on the Eucharist.  One of the areas covered in this document has been called Eucharistic coherence.  This refers to the teaching that Catholics who receive Communion should live and act in a manner consistent with the faith of the Church. This naturally touches upon the problem of Catholic politicians publicly supporting policies such as abortion that are contrary to…

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By Kevin Burke, LSW Of women undergoing an abortion procedure in the U.S., around one-in-four are Catholic.  When people think about abortion, they usually imagine a scared desperate teenager, often pressured to see abortion as the best solution to an unplanned pregnancy.  What is surprising, is that close to 23% of these women are married, often with living children.  If we apply that data to the general population, one out of every 16 women procuring an abortion is married and…

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