{"id":564961,"date":"2021-06-15T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564961"},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:06:26","slug":"three-quarters-of-church-going-catholics-say-politicians-who-back-abortion-shouldnt-receive-communion-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-quarters-of-church-going-catholics-say-politicians-who-back-abortion-shouldnt-receive-communion-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Quarters Of Church-Going Catholics Say Politicians Who Back Abortion Shouldn\u2019t Receive Communion, Poll Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-quarters-of-church-going-catholics-say-politicians-who-back-abortion-shouldnt-receive-communion-poll-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564961&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Roughly three-quarters of Catholics who regularly attend Mass believe public officials who oppose church teaching shouldn\u2019t receive Communion, according to a poll released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-four percent of church-going U.S. Catholics believe that officials like President Joe Biden who counter the church\u2019s teaching on abortion and other key topics shouldn\u2019t receive Communion while 83% believe such officials create confusion and disunity, according to a CatholicVote <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicvote.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CatholicVote-Mass-Attendee-Public-Poll-06-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a>. A large majority of practicing Catholics also agreed that politicians who identify as Catholic but advocate for policies in opposition to the church are \u201chypocritical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCatholic politicians who advocate for policies considered \u2018gravely immoral\u2019 create confusion and discord among believers,\u201d CatholicVote President Brian Burch said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicvote.org\/poll-strong-majority-of-church-going-catholics-believe-public-officials-who-oppose-church-teachings-create-confusion-and-disunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. \u201cCatholics\u2019 concern about the flouting of Catholic social teaching by public leaders is less about politics and more about the integrity of the faith, along with reverence and respect due the Holy Eucharist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis polling data should bolster the confidence of Catholic bishops as they prepare to discuss how to recover an understanding of the beauty and richness of the sacrament \u2013 among all Catholics,\u201d he said. \u201cThe data is very clear: Bishops have an obligation to act.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/white-house-catholic-francis-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: White House Denies Report That Vatican Canceled A Meeting Between Biden And Pope Francis)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7215151\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7215151\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7215151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"USCCB President Archbishop Jose Gomez celebrates mass on March 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7215151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USCCB President Archbishop Jose Gomez celebrates Mass on March 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is scheduled to clarify its policy on whether politicians who contradict church teaching may be denied Communion at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2021\/us-bishops-meet-virtually-june-16-18-assembly-be-livestreamed-and-live-tweeted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring General Assembly<\/a>. The USCCB has previously declared that Catholics who knowingly reject church teaching in their personal or professional lives should refrain from Communion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/p\/what-the-usccb-already-teaches-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Pillar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the assembly, the Vatican privately urged the American bishops against implementing a policy that would open the door to denying public officials and elected leaders access to Communion, a central part of the Catholic faith, according to an anonymously-sourced New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/14\/world\/europe\/biden-vatican-communion-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>. But a top Vatican leader sent a letter to the USCCB in May, urging caution on the topic of denying Communion to politicians, the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/politics\/cardinal-ladaria-cautions-us-bishops-politicians-and-communion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reported warnings from the Vatican, USCCB President Archbishop Jos\u00e9 Gomez of Los Angeles, has remained steadfast and decided against postponing the discussion this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/opinion\/distinctly-catholic\/us-bishops-ignore-vatican-letter-communion-astonishing-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the NCR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI join other bishops in voicing our dismay at President Biden\u2019s aggressive support of abortion as he also flaunts his self-proclamation that he is a devout Catholic,\u201d Tyler, Texas, Bishop Joseph Strickland, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/people\/who-are-bishops-pushing-communion-denial-efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proponent<\/a> of denying Communion to politicians who counter church teaching, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bishopoftyler\/status\/1362927331610742787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> in February. \u201cA devout Catholic does not support an anti-life agenda. I pray for his stoney heart to be converted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly three-quarters of Catholics who regularly attend Mass believe public officials who oppose church teaching shouldn\u2019t receive Communion, according to a poll released Tuesday.Seventy-four percent of church-going U.S. Catholics believe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280386,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Three-Quarters Of Church-Going Catholics Say Politicians Who Back Abortion Shouldn\u2019t Receive Communion, Poll Shows","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1207966214-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Three-Quarters Of Church-Going Catholics Say Politicians Who Back Abortion Shouldn\u2019t Receive Communion, Poll Shows","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}