Archbishop-elect Robert Carlson on Notre Dame & Pro-abortion Politicians

From an article on the St. Louis Today website. (New St. Louis archbishop's a fan of pheasant hunting and Bud)

On Thursday, Carlson — who is scheduled to be installed as the next archbishop of St. Louis on June 10 — told the Post-Dispatch that Notre Dame officials had to "figure out who they are — are they of the culture, or are they of the church?" When the controversy dies down, Carlson said, U.S. bishops and Notre Dame officials are "going to have to sit down and have a heart-to-heart" about the school's future as a Catholic institution.

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Q. Do you believe Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, and who persist in doing so even after consultation with their bishop, should be denied the Eucharist if they approach to receive it?

A. If I were to enter into dialogue with somebody, and after they reflect on the discussion and that person persisted, it could come to that point. Again, (former St. Louis) Archbishop (Raymond) Burke, who is on the Supreme Apostolic Signatura (the Vatican's highest court), has combined in an interesting way (the church laws that govern the issue), and I think he does it correctly.

And he's not just speaking anymore as the archbishop of St. Louis, he is the prefect of the Signatura. It appears that's the direction the church consensus is moving towards. ... Could we get into that situation? Yes. But at least in my own time in St. Louis, I'd like to have a crack at the dialogue first.