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From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
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Subject: Re: French anti-semitism and the Pope.
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Date: 7 Jun 90 04:55:44 GMT
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In article <Jun.5.00.15.53.1990.17265@athos.rutgers.edu> geoff@hinode.east.sun.com (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>A brief question for the net.catholics and others, after reading
>the coverage of the French anti-semitic outrages and the actions
>of Le Pen's National Front: Those subhumans (IMHO) all claim to
>be good Catholics, by most accounts. Should the Pope announce that
>such acts of desecration are grounds for instant and automatic
>excommunication?
>
Certainly, such acts are Mortal Sins, those engaging in them
ARE therefore excommunicated until they have made a true
confession (which involves genuinely repenting for what has
been done).

I understand that Le Pen and many of his followers are
supporters of the schismatic Archbishop Lefebvre, and have
therefore broken from Rome already.

Matthew Huntbach