{"id":566363,"date":"2021-06-16T21:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T01:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=566363"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T01:52:07","slug":"poll-three-quarters-of-catholics-believe-pro-abortion-authorities-should-not-receive-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-three-quarters-of-catholics-believe-pro-abortion-authorities-should-not-receive-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Three-Quarters Of Catholics Believe Pro-Abortion Authorities Should Not Receive Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpoll-three-quarters-of-catholics-believe-pro-abortion-authorities-should-not-receive-communion%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=566363&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Communion.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) debates whether or not President Joe Biden should be barred from receiving Holy Communion, a new poll from CatholicVote shows that roughly three-quarters of Catholics agree that pro-abortion politicians should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion.<\/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\u00a0<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.\u201d<\/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 added. \u201cThe data is very clear: Bishops have an obligation to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As CatholicVote <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicvote.org\/poll-strong-majority-of-church-going-catholics-believe-public-officials-who-oppose-church-teachings-create-confusion-and-disunity\/\">noted<\/a>, the poll comes \u201cjust days before the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Spring General Assembly where they are expected to discuss a proposal to create a teaching document on \u2018eucharistic coherence.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of that discussion is expected to include whether Catholic politicians who support abortion and other substantive policies contrary to Catholic teaching should receive communion,\u201d reported the outlet. \u201cIt also comes as President Joe Biden, who openly advocates for unlimited abortion at taxpayers\u2019 expense, visits Pope Francis at the Vatican. Seventy-two percent of Catholics in the pews surveyed agreed that this discussion among the bishops should take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though reports indicate that the Vatican has privately urged the bishops to withhold on discussing the topic of Holy Communion for Joe Biden, USCCB President Archbishop Jos\u00e9 Gomez of Los Angeles said that the discussion will proceed. Earlier this week, sources close to the Vatican told Catholic News Agency (CNA) that a scheduled morning Mass between President Joe Biden and Pope Francis was reportedly nixed from the two leaders\u2019 June 15 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden, who is in Europe for several high level meetings,\u00a0is taking off the morning of June 15 to meet Pope Francis as President of the United States for the first time,\u201d reported CNA. \u201cThe President\u2019s entourage had originally requested for Biden to attend Mass with the Pope early in the morning, but the proposal was nixed by the Vatican after considering the impact that President Biden receiving Holy Communion from the Pope would have on the discussions the USCCB is planning to have during their meeting starting Wednesday, June 16. The US Bishops are slated to vote on creating a committee that would draft a document about Eucharistic Coherence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ccc_css\/archive\/catechism\/p3s2c2a5.htm\">abortion is a grave moral evil<\/a>\u00a0that cannot be approved or tolerated in any circumstance. In 2019, a Catholic priest in South Carolina\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-joe-biden-denied-holy-communion-at-catholic-church-over-abortion-support\">reportedly enforced<\/a>\u00a0the church\u2019s code of canon law by denying the then-former vice president the sacrament of Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" readability=\"15\">\n<p>\u201cSadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,\u201d Father Robert E. Morey of Saint Anthony Catholic Church told reporters. \u201cHoly Communion signifies we are one with God, each other, and the Church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-morning-mass-nixed-from-joe-bidens-upcoming-meeting-with-pope-francis\">REPORT: Morning Mass Nixed From Joe Biden\u2019s Upcoming Meeting With Pope\u00a0Francis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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