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<DIV>"COLUMBIA, S.C. – A <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226619228_0>South Carolina Roman Catholic priest</SPAN> has told his parishioners that they should refrain from <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226619228_1>receiving Holy Communion</SPAN> if they voted for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1226619228_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Barack Obama</SPAN> because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion, and supporting him "constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil."</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_re_us/obama_catholics">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_re_us/obama_catholics</A></DIV></td></tr></table><br>