Posted on 07/14/2022 6:32:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 10:26 am (CNA).
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas says he is “sad” over the way Pope Francis has handled the controversy surrounding the pro-abortion actions of President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose positions on the issue are at sharp odds with the teaching of their Catholic faith on the sanctity of human life.
Naumann’s comment was one of several pointed statements he made on the controversy in an interview with the German newspaper Die Tagespost published Wednesday.
“I think the pope doesn’t understand the U.S., just as he doesn’t understand the Church in the U.S.,” the archbishop told the newspaper, according to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner.
“His advisers and the people surrounding him have completely misinformed him on this,” Naumann added.
In an interview with CNA on Thursday, Naumann stood by his comments to the newspaper, saying, “I said what I said.”
However, Naumann clarified that he spoke to the German news outlet prior to becoming aware of Pope Francis’ most recent comments regarding Biden, in which the pope referred to the U.S. president’s pro-abortion position as an “incoherence” in respect to his Catholic faith.
In the interview with Univisión and Televisa broadcast July 12, the pope said he leaves the matter to Biden’s “conscience,” but he also suggested that Biden discuss the conflict with his pastor.
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Saving Biden and Pelosi from a grave sin. Not a big deal to the Pope.
Jesus H Krist. These people suck.
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