The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Smoke Gets in Our News:

"After all, Cardinal Ratzinger, nicknamed 'God's Rottweiler' and 'the Enforcer,' helped deny Communion rights to John Kerry and other Catholic politicians in the 2004 election."

It's my own fault for reading Maureen Dowd, nicknamed "the petulant child", but when was John Kerry denied communion?