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Pope Francis Says Biden Should Speak to Priest About ‘Incoherence’ of His Support for Abortion as a Catholic
epoch times ^ | 14 July A.D. 2022 | Naveen Athrappully

Posted on 07/14/2022 8:17:31 PM PDT by lightman

Pope Francis has criticized President Joe Biden for his stance on abortion, which contradicts the president’s Catholic faith, weeks after the Vatican praised the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade.

“A month after conception, the DNA of the fetus is already there and the organs are aligned. There is human life,” the pope said in an interview with Univision. “Is it just to eliminate a human life?”

The pope went on to advise Biden to meet with his priest.

“I leave it to [President Biden’s] conscience and that he speaks to his bishop, his pastor, his parish priest about that incoherence,” the pope said.

In June, the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican issued a statement hailing the Supreme Court’s abortion decision. It said that the defense of human life cannot be solely limited to the realm of individual rights since life itself is a matter of “broad social significance.”

At a time when Western society is losing its “passion for life,” the Supreme Court decision is a “powerful invitation to reflect” on the issue, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Biden and his family members attend Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Washington, which is overseen by Cardinal Wilton Gregory. The cardinal has stated that excommunication should be a last resort to resolve the issue of a Catholic politician who is pro-abortion and has not denied communion to Biden.

In May, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was barred from receiving Holy Communion by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone due to her support for abortion.

Circumventing the Supreme Court Decision

Biden said it was a “sad day” for the United States when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, calling the conservative members of the court “extreme” in his remarks.

On June 30, Biden announced that he would support ending the 60-vote filibuster in the Senate so that bills legalizing abortion at the federal level could be passed. However, Biden’s plans were dashed after two Democrats—Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia—announced that they would not support ending the filibuster.

Speaking to reporters on July 10, Biden said that he’d asked his advisers to determine whether he has the authority to declare a public health emergency on abortions, thereby ensuring the use of federal resources to promote abortion access.

In the majority opinion for the Roe v. Wade ruling, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito observed that the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each state from regulating or prohibiting abortion.

“The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” he stated.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; antipope; biden; francis; hypocracy; romancatholicism
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So much for the "Supreme Roman Pontiff" and "first among equals"....just another buck-passer.
1 posted on 07/14/2022 8:17:31 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Just give the corrupt man his communion already, FrancisIdiot, kkthx?!


2 posted on 07/14/2022 8:19:12 PM PDT by cranked
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To: lightman

If anybody knows about “incoherent” it’s slo Joe.

CC


3 posted on 07/14/2022 8:21:32 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: lightman

The same pope who says Muslims and Christians pray to the same God.


4 posted on 07/14/2022 8:21:53 PM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children)
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To: lightman

Forgive me Father for I am incoherent?


5 posted on 07/14/2022 8:28:21 PM PDT by Allthesaints
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> just another buck-passer <

Bingo. If the pope cannot make a definitive statement about something this important, then there’s really no point in having a pope.


6 posted on 07/14/2022 8:31:24 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: lightman

At least the Vatican speaks out. So many others are quiet while we are buried under propaganda.

For instance, the 10 year-old abortion story. I keep hearing “she was 6 months and 3 days pregnant” That is not the issue and they know it.

The Indiana law is triggered by heartbeat, not time, so the length of pregnancy doesn’t matter.

But the media does not want to acknowledge that this is life, so they avoid the ‘heartbeat’ question. It makes a fetus sound too human, and we know the media is not on the side of life.


7 posted on 07/14/2022 8:36:06 PM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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“Pope Francis Says Biden Should Speak to Priest About ‘Incoherence’ of His Support for Abortion as a Catholic”

Probably should have said ‘incontinence’ instead.


8 posted on 07/14/2022 8:36:38 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: Allthesaints

No Joe, you are incontinent.


9 posted on 07/14/2022 8:43:29 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: lightman

Why? His priest is an enthusiastic baby killer, talking to him would just be wasted.


10 posted on 07/14/2022 8:49:35 PM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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The Church has had it’s share of good, excellent, mediocre, and BAD Popes. Francis ranks High among the latter.
The guy comes out with this after just recently giving communion to Pelosi???


11 posted on 07/14/2022 9:02:28 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (God is Great and Jesus is Our Savior)
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Francis did not directly, personally Commune Pelosi.

She did in fact Commune at the Vatican but it was at the hand of a Priest, Deacon, or other minister.

Kyrie eleison.


12 posted on 07/14/2022 9:12:38 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: roving

Everybody who prays to a God, prays to the same God...there is only one God. Satan is not a God, he is a fallen angel.


13 posted on 07/14/2022 9:25:47 PM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: lightman

President Retard needs to see an exorcist 🤪


14 posted on 07/14/2022 9:46:11 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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Everybody who prays to a God, prays to the same God...there is only one God. Satan is not a God, he is a fallen angel.

And his desire to be like the most high, has not changed.

15 posted on 07/14/2022 9:55:39 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: lightman

In other news, it snowed today in Phoenix.


16 posted on 07/14/2022 9:59:30 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: lightman

Look who’s talking about incoherence! This Pope needs to speak with that same priest and for the same reasons.


17 posted on 07/14/2022 9:59:55 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lightman

Honestly, I read this as “[someone] says Pope F should speak to a priest about his incoherent stance on abortion”


18 posted on 07/14/2022 10:27:59 PM PDT by stanne
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To: lightman

He should speak to a neurologist or gerontologist about his incoherence on all topics.


19 posted on 07/15/2022 4:23:22 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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The same pope who says Muslims and Christians pray to the same God

You DO believe there is only one, right?

20 posted on 07/15/2022 4:31:06 AM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains)
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