Posted on 12/05/2020 1:58:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A retired archbishop has said that President-elect Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion -- an issue that has divided Catholic leadership in the U.S.
The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Biden’s support for abortion rights presents the church with a “difficult and complex situation,” but Charles J. Chaput, a retired archbishop, has made his stance clear: Biden has demonstrated that “he is not in full Communion with the Catholic Church.”
“The implications for the present moment are clear,” Chaput wrote in the magazine First Things. “Public figures who identify as 'Catholic' give scandal to the faithful when receiving Communion by creating the impression that the moral laws of the Church are optional.”
“When bishops publicly announce their willingness to give Communion to Mr. Biden, without clearly teaching the gravity of his facilitating the evil of abortion (and his approval of same-sex relationships), they do a serious disservice to their brother bishops and their people.”
Biden will be the second baptized Catholic to serve as president of the U.S., and during his campaign, he frequently cited his Catholic faith as a source of strength and guidance in his life.
Catholics have been sharply divided over the issue of denying Holt Communion to public figures who take controversial stances on issues near and dear to the church, with bishops sharply divided over Biden in particular.
The USCCP president, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, ahead of Thanksgiving announced a working group of bishops who would assess the dilemma. Gomez rankled conservative bishops when he congratulated Biden on his victory and praised many of the president-elect's stances, including on immigration and racial justice.
While Catholic voters were almost evenly divided in the Nov. 3 presidential election
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It is a scandal that Catholics were “evenly divided” about a man who openly flouts Catholic moral teaching and who chose a rabid anti-Catholic as a running mate. Trump would have easily won (setting aside the voter fraud issue) if even 60% of Catholics had voted for him.
What we really need is for Pope Francis to speak and give guidance on this issue.
What we really need is for Pope Francis to speak and give guidance on this issue. We really can’t have one Bishop speaking and another Bishop staying silent or disagreeing with him. This is what Popes are for — to speak for the church !!
Biden is married to a divorced woman whose first husband is still alive. In the old days that was reason enough for a Catholic not to be allowed to receive communion. Maybe the Church obliged him with an annulment of Jill's first marriage on account of his being a powerful politician. After all, there are precedents (Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, for example).
Pope Francis has repeatedly shown his loathing for President Trump. He all but came out and told Catholics to vote for Biden.
All the hand ringing by us Catholics over denying Communion to Biden.
I bet Biden couldn’t care less!!!!!!
If Bishop’s had any spine they would outta hand deny him Communion anywhere Biden went. Him and a ton other disgustingly pro abortion politicians shoulda been denied since Jan 23, 1973!!!!
Alas, they’re spineless big mouths!!!
Could be worse, Biden could have pledged to hand Israel over to Hamas, and he'd probably STILL get 2/3rds of the "Jewish vote" in the US.
It also doesn't help that the "rabid anti-Catholic" folks on OUR side are even more blunt about it than the Catholic haters on their side.
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