NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
The archbishop of New York said the city's former
pro-abortion mayor should not have received the Eucharist
during Benedict XVI's trip to the United States.
In a statement released Monday, Cardinal Edward Egan
recalled the Church's position on abortion, noting that it
"is a grave offense against the will of God."
"Throughout my years as archbishop of New York, I have
repeated this teaching in sermons, articles, addresses and
interviews without hesitation or compromise of any kind," he
continued. "Thus it was that I had an understanding with Mr.
Rudolph Giuliani, when I became archbishop of New York and
he was serving as mayor of New York, that he was not to
receive the Eucharist because of his well-known support of
abortion.
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