Really?? Personal feelings of disappointment??

Why would a person support an organization that teaches and preaches the opposite of what they believe.

I was raised Catholic and happen to agree with their stance on abortion, but I don't on their stance on homosexuality...guess what...I don't go there anymore.

If Kennedy diagrees with the Bishop's decision...then he should go to a different church...ie;Baptist, anything but Catholic...He should know his stands have been against what we all have been taught as Catholics...Kennedy is in the public eye, so why is he so surprised?
My advice is go to another Religion...simple as that...This guy should just bring his case elsewhere...I agree with the Bishop!

This is a no brainer. You can't be a Catholic in good standing and receive Holy Communion if you publicly promote the right to kill the unborn. I'm glad to finally see the Church take a stand against a Kennedy. Some members of the Kennedy family have made a mockery of the Church with their public antics. And by the way, Gotmilk, I'm quite sure that Baptists and most Christian Religions promote life too.

Hypocrits! The Catholic church also strongly opposes the Death Penalty! yet you don't see them denying Communion to all the Republicans who support that! Or to those Republicans who are pro-choice! This is nothing but the Catholic Church playing politics with religion, as usual!

Shame on the Bishop. Jesus Christ taught FORGIVENESS and he said God was the judge. The Bishop should resign if he cannot follow the teaching of Jesus Christ and show compassion and forgiveness. How dare this Bishop ignore the teaching of Jesus Christ and place himself as the Judge instead of allow God to be the Judge. The Bishop is not a Christian. "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us." "let he who is free of all sin throw the first stone". If the Bishop does not comprehend the teachings of Jesus Christ he needs to resign for he is not a Christian if he has no forgiveness in his heart and instead seeks revenge.
The Roman Catholic Church inside the USA has been losing membership for decades now and it is because of fools like this Bishop.

What the Catholic Church or any other organization demands of their followers is their business. However, if the organization seeks to
impose their will on the Government or anyone not subscribing to their position this is contrary to the "Separation of Church and State".

The Roman Church continues to try to build a Theocracy in this country and anyone who is concerned about Civil Liberties had better take note.

I am very glad that the church finally took a firm stand on something. I likened all churches as a lions with no teeth. It is about time and way over due.

I am very glad that the church took a stand on something. I was likened all churches as lions with no teeth. Finally someone stood up and stopped the abuse. This was way over due.

I agree with the bishop, and several other posters, too. If your beliefs don't mesh with the church you belong to, you need to find another church - not try to change the church to suit YOU. Trust me, there are plenty out there that Kennedy can choose from, and he can be loud and vocal in his beliefs without anyone from his new faith disagreeing with him. I'm not Catholic, but they have a right in this country to believe in their tenets. Mr. Kennedy is certainly free to switch faiths. He shouldn't be using his political role as a sounding board against a church. England did that too, to the point where the king also become the head priest of the state church. And that is why America exists today.

Mr. Kennedy, go find a new church. You knew what the Catholic beliefs are, why are you complaining?

Grow up.....The Catholic Church is very clear on the Abortion issue....He is no different than the rest of us.....so he is disappointed...too bad...go to another Church that condons this practice to termineate life...women have their choice (and their rights) when they decide to have sex...this is a no brainer...

Don't make me laugh---the Kennedy clan should have been banned from any church activity decades ago---who cares--the only Kennedy that's been sober for 60 days is good old Ted.

Kennedy would only say that the church's denial of Communion gives him "personal feelings of disappointment."------- Then he should NOT call himself a Catholic! He does NOT deserve a Communion,plain and simple!I am sure the church has the same feelings of disappointment.Kennedy should not of made this a public display it makes him look like a fool.

I was reared Catholic---are they serious about this??? This is totally absurd on the part of the church leaders. I daresay that this is a small but significant example of why the Catholic church is losing its strong hold on so many of its faithful--church leaders should not be so worried about denying communion to one person and work on correcting its many, many philosophical PROBLEMS!!!! Do they wonder yet why so many are leaving the church?????

I think it would be a great thing if the Catholic church kicked out everybody who didn't act in accordance with their doctrine. Of course, that means they'd have to kick out most Republicans, most of their wealthy donors, and much of their priesthood. Unfortunately, what they're doing instead is to use their power to pressure liberal politicians to do their bidding. And that smells very much like what they used to do in good ol' Europe when they made and unmade princes and generally ran the place into the ground, until the Reformation put an end to that. Just remember, this really still is the same church that our ancestors ran away from.

GEE...a politician being held responsible for his actions !!!!!!!!!!!
Cant have that under our new progressive regime now can we ??