Cardinal Pell to Pro-Abortion Catholics: "How come you feel that you're able to go to Communion?"

LifeSiteNews continues its dynamite 3-part interview with Cardinal Pell:

LifeSiteNews.com: What would you say to the politicians themselves who are doing or saying these things?

Cardinal Pell: "Well, I'd say if they do it on a number of really significant issues, you'd have to bring into question just to what extent they are straight up and down the line Catholics, and to what extent they remain Catholic. I mean, if they call themselves Catholics and on every significant public issue they don't line up with us, well at the very minimum I think they should go quiet on the Catholic labelling."

"I mean there are other questions about whether or not they should be refused Communion, and they are difficult questions. I think if a person is regularly supporting pro-abortion legislation in a way that is very, very difficult to divorce that voting from an explicitly pro-abortion attitude I think you should ask them, how come you feel that you're able to go to Communion?" [More...]

The first part I blogged here.