Pro-abortion politician banned from communion over beliefs

A pro-abortion Teachta Dála (TD), a member of the lower house of the Irish Parliament, was denied Communion at a funeral Mass last week in Cork, Ireland, the BBC reports.

Fine Gael TD Colm Burke, who is a current Minister for the Department of Health, was at a funeral when Blarney parish priest Fr. Gabriel Burke gave TD Burke a blessing when he presented himself for Communion, but did not allow the Irish politician to receive the Eucharist.

Fr. Burke confirmed the events to the Irish Times...