Did Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, tell the U.S. bishops that they were obliged to deny Communion to Catholic politicians who favor abortion rights?
It would appear so, at least according to a Ratzinger memo to Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick published July 3 by the Italian magazine L'Espresso.
But things aren't always what they seem.
In the leaked memo, Ratzinger said that pastors who have politicians ...