A Catholic priest is calling on bishops to excommunicate the 14 Catholic-identifying U.S. senators who voted last week against banning late-term abortions. He is also calling on priests to deny the Catholic pro-abortion senators Holy Communion. Father Dwight Longenecker, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Greenville, South Carolina, wrote about the fact that last Monday 46 of 97 members of the U.S. Senate voted against ending debate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the result of that was the Senate not being allowed to vote on the bill, and the senators in effect voting against the ban. The names of the 14 Catholic senators who voted against the 20-week abortion ban are:  Maria Cantwell – Washington, Susan Collins – Maine
Dick Durbin – Illinois, Kirsten Gillibrand – New York, Heidi Heitkamp – North Dakota, Tim Kaine – Virginia, Patrick Leahy – Vermont, Ed Markey – Massachusetts, Catherine Cortez Masto – Nevada, Claire McCaskill – Missouri, Bob Menendez – New Jersey, Lisa Murkowski – Alaska
Patty Murray – Washington and Jack Reed – Rhode Island.