US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion

ABC News ^ | April 28, 2021 | David Crary

[nickcarraway]

When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians

When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights.

At issue is a document that will be prepared for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops by its Committee on Doctrine, with the aim of clarifying the church’s stance on an issue that has repeatedly vexed the bishops in recent decades. It’s taken on new urgency now, in the eyes of many bishops, because Biden, only the second Catholic president, is the first to hold that office while espousing clear-cut support for abortion rights.

“Because President Biden is Catholic, it presents a unique problem for us,” said Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, who chairs the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities. “It can create confusion. ... How can he say he’s a devout Catholic and he’s doing these things that are contrary to the church’s teaching?”

[dfwgator]

Uh huh, as if Bergoglio would approve that.

[Bell Bouy II]

Yea right Fat chance Popes a fake

[Bell Bouy II]

Popes a fake and a disgrace.. Fat chance on this one

[1Old Pro]

I’m getting mixed messages here, I thought they turned the other way regarding child abuse. Oh, it’s about abortion rights.

[rhinohunter]

Could you imagine the conniption fit Bergoglio would throw if they actually did this?

[Joe 6-pack]

“Because President Biden is Catholic, it presents a unique problem for us,”

Publicly excommunicate him.

Problem solved!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

My respect for the Catholic Church would skyrocket if that were the case.

My take on the Catholic Church is you have all these folks in the pews financing scoundrels and pervs and practices which those folks in the pews actually disagree with.

The Catholic Church hierarchy really sticks it to the peons: "Dogma for thee but not for me."

[Pontiac]

Catholic Ping

[Gene Eric]

Francis will just follow Joseph Stolen around like a little puppy.

[kaehurowing]

He who receives communion unworthily drinks and eats unto himself eternal damnation. I Corinthians.

[fidelis]

It’s easier to be cynical than to trust God that, if he wills it, this will actually happen. A better response would be to write the bishops and encourage them. For a Christian it would be also to pray for a positive outcome and that God’s will be done.

Flame away if it makes you feel better.

[fidelis]

BTW Nick, I’m not addressing you personally. I don’t want to shoot the messenger. 😊

[PerConPat]

From the article: How can he [Joke Biden] say he’s a devout Catholic and he’s doing these things that are contrary to the church’s teaching?

And I would ask: How can Catholic church leadership say it's devout while tolerating Joke promoting things that are contrary to the church’s teaching?

[nickcarraway]

It’s not really his call.

[DoughtyOne]

Biden on Monday...

I take communion?

[Campion]

Abortion is the ultimate child abuse.

[DesertRhino]

Grow a backbone. Announce that he is forbidden to take it. Don’t give him the choice.

[stevem]

Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. — have made clear that he may receive Communion at churches they oversee.

Where, in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, do we find clowns like this? And Pope Francis, the Heretic???

I have always said we somehow survived the Borgias. I s'pect Jesus will see we survive these Bozos.

[Tennessee Nana]

Here’s an idea....

DONT OFFER IT TO HIM !!!!