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Pope Francis receives a constant stream of people at the Apostolic Palace, dignitaries from all backgrounds and faiths.
But President Biden’s Friday visit to the Holy Father stands out from most others. When two top Catholics get together and one of them supports a woman’s right to abortion, there are obvious grounds for disagreement, at least behind the closed walls of the Vatican. But the devout Biden’s inherently tricky position — he is personally pro-life though politically pro-choice — has ignited a fevered debate between U.S. bishops.
“You have the second most famous Catholic in the world after the pope going around saying that, you know, abortion should be legal,” the Wall Street Journal’s Vatican correspondent Frank Rocca tells Fox News, explaining the recent furore. “He’s the second Catholic president in US history. So that makes it a big issue and not only with conservative Catholics, but with a number of bishops who have said that he they don’t think that he should be receiving Communion.”
Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi blessing after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican Sunday, April 4, 2021, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool photo via AP)
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BIDEN’S UPCOMING MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS COMES AMID RIFT WITH US BISHOPS
For these U.S. bishops, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s position is also problematic. These bishops are considering a public rebuke to Catholics who support policies which go against church doctrine. A call to refuse them Communion. That could happen as soon as next month. It would be part of a carefully worded document but the message would be sharp. The pope has pushed back at the brouhaha saying pastors should be pastors and leave politics aside.
He has added they should use “the style of God” to accompany the faithful with “closeness, compassion and tenderness.” The pope has said that as a pope, as bishop and…
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