Holy Eucharist or Bargaining Chip?

The politicization of the sacrament of Holy Communion continues apace, this time in the Catholic diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria, where the faithful were told that the way to the altar winds through the voting booth. No voter’s card, no communion: church – Breaking News – World – Breaking News Money quote: “Whoever has not collected […]

The politicization of the sacrament of Holy Communion continues apace, this time in the Catholic diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria, where the faithful were told that the way to the altar winds through the voting booth.

No voter’s card, no communion: church – Breaking News – World – Breaking News

Money quote: “Whoever has not collected the voter’s card after February 7 has automatically alienated himself from the community, the Church, the nation and will not be allowed to receive the Holy Communion.”


-From a church bulletin distributed in the Catholic diocese of Nsukka, Nigeria, via the Reuters news agency.

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