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Cardinal Egan Says Giuliani Shouldn’t Have Received Communion From Pope

April 29, 2008
James Barron, New York Times

Cardinal Edward M. Egan said on Monday that former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani should not have received holy communion during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI because Mr. Giuliani supports abortion rights.

Cardinal Egan, head of the Archdiocese of New York, said in a statement that he and Mr. Giuliani had reached “an understanding” when he became archbishop in 2000 that Mr. Giuliani “was not to receive the eucharist because of his well-known support of abortion.”

“I deeply regret that Mr. Giuliani received the eucharist during the papal visit here in New York,” the cardinal said.

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