From Reuters:
The cardinal spoke amid a debate in the United States over whether Democrat John Kerry should be denied communion, which Catholics believe is the body of Christ, because he supports abortion rights.
At a news conference presenting a Vatican document restating standing rules about the celebration of Mass, Cardinal Francis Arnize was reminded of the Kerry case and asked if a priest should refuse communion to a politician who is unambiguously pro-abortion.
"Yes," he answered. "If the person should not receive it, then it should not be given. Objectively, the answer is there."
This just highlights yet another of Kerry's attempts to be on both sides of an issue. The man is trying to support abortion while maintaining that he is a faithful follower of a religion that is absolutely against abortion. That just isn't going to work.
I'm glad the Catholic Church is sticking to its guns on this one. Whatever you may think of the church it does have the right to refuse certain services to somebody who is refusing to follow its tenets.