News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has called on priests to deny Communion to Catholics who drive SUVs, since they represent “the great sin of contributing to climate change, maybe the worst sin of all.”
In remarks delivered at the Vatican, the Pope said driving an SUV is a mortal sin and disqualifies you from participating.
“If you see someone pull into the parking lot in one of those Satanic, climate-change-causing vehicles from the pit of hell, it’s your duty to make sure that person cannot participate in the Holy Eucharist,” he said in Earth Day remarks earlier this week. “If you drive an SUV, Christ’s body you cannot receive.”
“It is truly the unpardonable sin.” The Pope said he will give those who drive SUVs a little bit of time to repent before he excommunicates them all. “I am a gracious pope and desire that none should be excommunicated but that all would trade in their SUVs for hybrids or electric cars.”
Go here to read the rest. Come on Bee, your are supposed to be masters of satire. In the current pontificate most Catholics would call such a pronouncement Tuesday.
You can’t deny Communion specifically to those that drive SUVs when you are denying Communion to absolutely everyone.
All the “hard-identity” (q.v.) Catholics I know of drive either yuge suvs or conversion vans.
You can’t get eight kids into a prius.
To heck with the kids! …Well, not really, but families aren’t the only ones who need larger vehicles. Many people have need to get around during bad weather. Driving on hills with six inches of snow presents particular challenges. Or, being single doesn’t mean you don’t have stuff to take someplace. Even a fairly basic camping trip will require gear. Aiming to run about with a little baby sedan simply will not do.