US Catholic bishops to vote on pressuring Joe Biden to stop taking Communion over abortion views - CathNews New Zealand

US Catholic bishops to vote on pressuring Joe Biden to stop taking Communion over abortion views

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

When US 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 US 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.

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