{"id":936890,"date":"2021-10-29T11:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=936890"},"modified":"2021-10-29T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:28:42","slug":"briefing-readout-no-mention-of-abortion-in-joe-bidens-meeting-with-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/briefing-readout-no-mention-of-abortion-in-joe-bidens-meeting-with-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Briefing Readout: No Mention of Abortion in Joe Biden\u2019s Meeting with Pope Francis"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbriefing-readout-no-mention-of-abortion-in-joe-bidens-meeting-with-pope-francis%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=936890&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 class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 The Vatican briefed reporters Friday that Pope Francis and President Joe Biden discussed topics such as climate change and immigration in their morning meeting but made no mention of the abortion issue.<\/p>\n<p>In its press <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/it\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2021\/10\/29\/0705\/01496.html\">briefing<\/a>, the Vatican states that the pope and the president \u201cfocused on the joint commitment to the protection and care of the planet, the healthcare situation and the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the theme of refugees and assistance to migrants.\u201d<\/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>\u201cReference was also made to the protection of human rights, including freedom of religion and conscience,\u201d the communiqu\u00e9 concludes.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the briefing makes no mention of abortion does not mean that the topic never came up but suggests that either it was not discussed or the Vatican opted not to emphasize the point.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his aggressive promotion of abortion rights, President Biden has found himself at odds with the U.S. Catholic bishops, who have not hesitated to criticize him for this blatant departure from core Church teaching on respect for human life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last February, the head of the U.S. Bishops\u2019 Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Kansas City Archbishop Joseph Naumann, said that Mr. Biden should stop calling himself a \u201cdevout Catholic\u201d since his actions contradict this claim.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18517674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/AP_21302441101147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18517674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP_21302441101147-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden, left, exchanges gifts with Pope Francis as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Vatican Media via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18517154\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236203362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18517154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236203362-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pope Francis leaves following a private audience with U.S. President Joe Biden in The Vatican on October 29, 2021, ahead of an upcoming G20 summit of world leaders. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching,\u201d Archbishop Naumann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2021\/02\/13\/archbishop-naumann-president-biden-should-stop-defining-himself-as-a-devout-catholic\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he says he is a devout Catholic, we bishops have the responsibility to correct him,\u201d the archbishop continued. \u201cAlthough people have given this president power and authority, he cannot define what it is to be a Catholic and what Catholic moral teaching is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden is \u201cusurping the role of the bishops and confusing people,\u201d Naumann said. \u201cHe\u2019s declaring that he\u2019s Catholic and is going to force people to support abortion through their tax dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bishops need to correct him, as the president is acting contrary to the Catholic faith,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The archbishop also said the president \u201chas the responsibility not to present himself for Holy Communion,\u201d the archbishop said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Catholics receive the Eucharist, they are acknowledging the Real Presence of Jesus and also belief in the teachings of the Church,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>What Biden is supporting \u201cis a serious evil,\u201d the archbishop said. \u201cI don\u2019t know the disposition of his mind and heart but his act of supporting legal abortion is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18517170\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236205288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18517170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236205288-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People watch from St. Peter\u2019s square in The Vatican as U.S. President Joe Biden leaves on October 29, 2021, following Biden\u2019s meeting with Pope Francis. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several weeks earlier, Archbishop Naumann condemned President Biden\u2019s reinstatement of taxpayer-funded abortions around the world, calling his act \u201cgrievous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is grievous that one of President Biden\u2019s first official acts actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations,\u201d declared Naumann in a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2021\/bishops-decry-executive-order-promotes-abortion-overseas\">statement<\/a> with Bishop David Malloy, chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Executive Order is antithetical to reason, violates human dignity, and is incompatible with Catholic teaching. We and our brother bishops strongly oppose this action,\u201d the bishops stated.<\/p>\n<p>The overturned Mexico City policy had \u201censured U.S. taxpayer dollars only went to organizations that agreed to provide health services in a way that respected the dignity of all persons,\u201d the bishops observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the President to use his office for good, prioritizing the most vulnerable, including unborn children,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church teaches that abortion is an abominable crime and a sin so grave that the harshest punishment the Church imposes \u2014 automatic excommunication \u2014 is attached to it.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/_P7Z.HTM\">states<\/a>: \u201cFrom the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person \u2014 among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18517218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236201743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18517218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1236201743-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Members of the media stand by on Sr. Peter\u2019s Square in The Vatican within the arrival of the motorcade of US President Joe Biden on October 29, 2021, for Biden\u2019s meeting with Pope Francis. (VINCENZO PINTO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abortion \u201cis gravely contrary to the moral law,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Catechism<\/em>&nbsp;declares, and, therefore, a person who procures an abortion incurs excommunication from the Church \u201cby the very commission of the offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Church also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021124_politica_en.html\">teaches<\/a> that Catholic politicians have a \u201cgrave and clear obligation to oppose\u201d any law that promotes abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden is only the second Roman Catholic to serve as U.S. president. John F. Kennedy was the first.<\/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 The Vatican briefed reporters Friday that Pope Francis and President Joe Biden discussed topics such as climate change and immigration in their morning meeting but made no mention &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936890","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\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}