Joe Biden has been criticised by Catholic Church for his views on abortion
WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden has been criticised by the Catholic Church for his stand on abortion. US Catholic Bishop Joseph Naumann demanded Joe Biden to “stop defining himself as a devout Catholic” as his views on abortion is against true Catholic beliefs. The Bishop openly expressed his displeasure with Joe Biden in the Catholic World Report.
Archbishop Naumann, who is also Chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said Biden’s support for legal abortion would remove him from the status of a Catholic.
Bishop said: “The president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic, and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching. It would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching.”
“When he says he is a devout Catholic, we bishops have the responsibility to correct him. Although people have given this president power and authority, he cannot define what it is to be a Catholic and what Catholic moral teaching is. What he is doing now is usurping the role of the bishops and confusing people,” Bishop Naumann added.
“He’s declaring that he’s Catholic, and is going to force people to support abortion through their tax dollars. The bishops need to correct him, as the president is acting contrary to the Catholic faith.” According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, abortion is an evil that cannot be approved or tolerated.
In 2019, a South Carolina priest, Father Robert E Morey, refused to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden because of his political stance on abortion. Bishop Naumann added that the priest acted according to his conscience.
“President Biden doesn’t believe in the Church’s teachings on the Sanctity of Human Life, and he should not put the priest in the situation where he has to decide whether or not to allow him to receive the Eucharist. He should know that after 78 years as a Catholic,” Naumann said.
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