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Article: Vatican upholds excommunication.(NATION)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- December 22, 2006
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The Vatican has upheld the 1996 excommunication of Call to Action Nebraska by Lincoln Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz.
Bruskewitz's excommunication of the group, a local chapter of the national Call to Action church-reform movement, resulted in nationwide publicity a decade ago, with mentions on "NBC Nightly News," CBS' "60 Minutes," and comments by talk show host Rush Limbaugh. The action also prompted public comments from several prelates, including the late Cardinal Joseph Bernadin of Chicago, who said he would not take the kind of action Bruskewitz took.
Besides Call to Action Nebraska, Brukewitz's 1996 excommunication included Catholic members of 10 other ...