...Father Francis Sang elevates the Eucharist during a weekly Mass for Catholics of Vietnamese ancestry Feb. 14, 2021, at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Church in Deer Park, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It's "a fair question," said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, to ask whether U.S. bishops "are cherry-picking" from among several evils confronting society by "focusing on abortion" in relation to whether Catholic politicians who support it should receive Communion. "Why aren't we seeking eucharistic sanctions for other evils that are rampant in society?" he asked, writing May 18 in the journal First Things. "The answer is that while there are many serious sins that diminish our worthiness to receive the Eucharist, only the gravest sins extinguish that worthiness entirely."