{"id":936436,"date":"2021-10-29T08:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=936436"},"modified":"2021-10-29T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:58:41","slug":"catholic-league-congratulates-vatican-for-stiffing-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-league-congratulates-vatican-for-stiffing-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic League Congratulates Vatican for \u2018Stiffing\u2019 Joe Biden"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcatholic-league-congratulates-vatican-for-stiffing-joe-biden%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=936436&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\/10\/Pope-Francis-Joe-Biden-shake-hands-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Catholic League president Bill Donohue congratulated the Vatican Thursday for rebuffing attempts by the White House to exploit a Francis-Biden meeting for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration \u201cwas banking on posting pictures of the two men grinning and shaking hands,\u201d Donohue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicleague.org\/vatican-stiffs-biden\/\">writes<\/a> in reference to a meeting between the pope and Biden slated for Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut now the Vatican has thrown a monkey wrench into this opportunistic gambit,\u201d he adds. \u201cThe media have been mostly barred from covering the meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-pope-francis-europe-world-news-religion-d07155e1386a6edd78206ea13139b89a\">announced<\/a> Thursday that there will be no live coverage of Biden greeting the pope and that no media will be allowed to cover the two men sitting down to begin their conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, the optics that the White House was counting on are dead in the water,\u201d Donohue states.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1395348837209\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden\u2019s rejection of key Church teachings highlights divisions between practicing and nominal Catholics, the Catholic League notes.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bnari9DqR6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bnari9DqR6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1330533499015753732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden is in trouble with the U.S. bishops because he \u201cadamantly rejects core Catholic moral teachings\u201d on abortion, religious liberty, and LGBT issues, Donohue observes, which helps explain why \u201cthe White House is out to milk the meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of U.S. bishops have publicly rebuked the president for his aggressive promotion of abortion, which the Catholic Church considers to be murder. Debates have been ongoing among the prelates regarding whether or not a public figure who actively promotes abortion should be allowed to receive Holy Communion at Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike typical papal meetings with a head of state where media film an exchange of gifts in the pope\u2019s library, this time only a few select professionals, chosen by the Vatican, will be allowed, Donohue notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKudos to the Vatican. They know when they are being used,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Catholic League president Bill Donohue congratulated the Vatican Thursday for rebuffing attempts by the White House to exploit a Francis-Biden meeting for political purposes. 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