{"id":568275,"date":"2021-06-18T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568275"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:06:38","slug":"biden-says-catholic-bishops-wont-vote-to-deny-him-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-catholic-bishops-wont-vote-to-deny-him-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says Catholic Bishops Won\u2019t Vote To Deny Him 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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-says-catholic-bishops-wont-vote-to-deny-him-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=568275&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\/Untitled-design-2-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not believe Catholic bishops will vote to prevent him and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians from receiving Communion.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) overwhelmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-joe-biden-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approved<\/a> a measure Friday to draft a statement discussing whether high profile pro-abortion politicians may be denied <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/catholic-holy-communion-joe-biden\/\">Communion<\/a>. Biden took questions from reporters following remarks Friday afternoon, where a reporter asked him how he felt about the news.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter questioned the president: \u201cHow do you feel personally about that?\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/vatican-united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Three-Quarters Of Church-Going Catholics Say Politicians Who Back Abortion Shouldn\u2019t Receive Communion, Poll Shows)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a private matter and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Biden responded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost 170 out of the 229 bishops voted in favor of the measure on Friday, The Pillar reporter J.D. Flynn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdflynn\/status\/1405936268911943681\">tweeted<\/a>. The vote suggests that a broad range of bishops supported drafting the much contested statement.<\/p>\n<p>The president has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/07\/joe-biden-donald-trump-roman-catholic-church\/\">spoken about his Catholicism throughout his entire political career<\/a>, referring to his faith as a source of solace during turbulent times in his life. Biden exhibits many outward signs of his Catholicism: he frequently goes to mass, has met with Pope Francis, mentions praying the rosary and visits the cemetery where his family members are buried.<\/p>\n<p>Yet as soon as he became president, Biden immediately took action to fund and promote abortion \u2014 which the Catholic Church condemns as a \u201ccrime against human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s public stances on abortion previously prompted a priest to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/29\/joe-biden-abortion-holy-communion\/\">deny<\/a>\u00a0him Holy Communion during a 2019 Mass.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/11\/26\/joe-biden-evolve-abortion-hyde-amendment\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Here\u2019s How Joe Biden Has Evolved On Abortion As He Attempts To Become President)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,\u201d Father Robert E. Morey told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scnow.com\/news\/local\/joe-biden-denied-holy-communion-at-florence-church\/article_4dfe451b-e181-5cdb-9da1-feae72795f0c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morning News<\/a>.\u00a0\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<p>The former vice president later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/29\/joe-biden-abortion-holy-communion\/\">refused<\/a>\u00a0to discuss the incident, saying, \u201cthat\u2019s my personal life.\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/02\/media-biden-devout-catholic-liberal-ideology\/\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s Why Media Calls Biden A \u2018Devout Catholic\u2019 According To Theologians, Commentators)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church teaches that Catholics\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scborromeo.org\/ccc\/p2s2c1a3.htm\">may not receive Holy Communion<\/a> if they are \u201cconscious of a grave sin.\u201d Catholics who have committed any grave sins must make a good confession before they can receive, according to the church.<\/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>President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not believe Catholic bishops will vote to prevent him and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians from receiving Communion.The United States Conference of Catholic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280735,"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\/Untitled-design-2-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says Catholic Bishops Won\u2019t Vote To Deny Him Communion","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568275","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\/Untitled-design-2-1-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says Catholic Bishops Won\u2019t Vote To Deny Him Communion","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568275","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=568275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}