(June 17, 2021 at 12:24 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Bishops think that they have authority over politicians.Preventing a Catholic from having communion is, in their beliefs, equivalent to damning someone to hell -- unless they repent and come back to communion. The RC church believes they have literally been given the keys to heaven, and no-one gets there except by them.
This authority (plus inquisitions) used to give the church power over kings.
If the bishops do this, they are literally trying to blackmail a president, using threats of eternal torture.