Comments on: Harper and Transubstantiation http://ianhughclary.com/2009/07/08/harper-and-transubstantiation/ Moving Forward With What's Behind Us Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nathan http://ianhughclary.com/2009/07/08/harper-and-transubstantiation/#comment-1263 Nathan Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:34:29 +0000 http://ianhughclary.com/?p=1719#comment-1263 Just saw the raw video. The priest is primarily to blame here; he should have known better than to give the PM, whose non-Roman Catholicism isn't any kind of secret, communion. But Harper really should have known better than to accept the wafer, and pocket it (a major sacrilege according to the RCC)! It's a matter of respectful conduct, even if the reason why the PM did not ingest the wafer was probably out of respect for RCC rules. Just saw the raw video. The priest is primarily to blame here; he should have known better than to give the PM, whose non-Roman Catholicism isn’t any kind of secret, communion. But Harper really should have known better than to accept the wafer, and pocket it (a major sacrilege according to the RCC)! It’s a matter of respectful conduct, even if the reason why the PM did not ingest the wafer was probably out of respect for RCC rules.

]]> By: Dan http://ianhughclary.com/2009/07/08/harper-and-transubstantiation/#comment-1262 Dan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:05:46 +0000 http://ianhughclary.com/?p=1719#comment-1262 Just looks like a protocol snafu on a slow news day: http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2009/07/08/damned-if-he-does-or-doesnt-stephen-harper-at-romeo-leblancs-funeral-mass/ Just looks like a protocol snafu on a slow news day: http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2009/07/08/damned-if-he-does-or-doesnt-stephen-harper-at-romeo-leblancs-funeral-mass/

]]> By: Chris Powell http://ianhughclary.com/2009/07/08/harper-and-transubstantiation/#comment-1261 Chris Powell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:31:37 +0000 http://ianhughclary.com/?p=1719#comment-1261 Sad to say, according to the Toronto Star, Harper did eat the wafer - http://is.gd/1rmEH This to me is the saddest statement in the article: "Soudas [Harper's spokesman] explained that while Harper is a Protestant, "who is the prime minister to question a priest offering him communion." Sad to say, according to the Toronto Star, Harper did eat the wafer – http://is.gd/1rmEH

This to me is the saddest statement in the article: “Soudas [Harper's spokesman] explained that while Harper is a Protestant, “who is the prime minister to question a priest offering him communion.”

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