November 22nd, 2009 02:01 PM ET 4 years ago  Bishop bars Patrick
Kennedy from communion over abortion  Rep. Patrick Kennedy told
a Rhode Island newspaper that a Catholic bishop has forbidden
him from receiving communion due to Kennedy's support for
abortion rights.  Washington (CNN) - Rhode Island's top Roman
Catholic leader has asked state congressman Patrick Kennedy to
stop taking communion over his support for abortion rights, the
diocese said Sunday.   Kennedy is the son of the late
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and scion of the most
prominent Catholic family in modern U.S. politics.  The Roman
Catholic church strongly opposes abortion, which has been legal
across the United States since 1973. The U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops lobbied for tight restrictions on federal
funding of abortion in the health-care bill the House of
Representatives passed earlier this month.  Full story  Updated:
2:01 p.m.  Filed under: Abortion • Patrick Kennedy • Popular
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