{"id":942038,"date":"2021-10-30T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=942038"},"modified":"2021-10-30T15:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:13:45","slug":"vatican-mute-when-asked-if-pope-francis-told-biden-to-continue-receiving-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vatican-mute-when-asked-if-pope-francis-told-biden-to-continue-receiving-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Mute When Asked if Pope Francis told Biden to Continue Receiving Communion"},"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%2Fvatican-mute-when-asked-if-pope-francis-told-biden-to-continue-receiving-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=942038&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 declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Biden met with Pope Francis in the Vatican for approximately 75 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansa.it\/sito\/notizie\/topnews\/2021\/10\/29\/casa-bianca-tra-biden-e-il-papa-ce-un-vero-feeling_ad5f141b-ae89-49de-8b7c-2ebd9ca95653.html\">minutes<\/a> Friday morning, after which reporters asked him if the topic of abortion had come up during their meeting.<\/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>\u201cNo, it didn\u2019t,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/joe-biden-pope-francis-told-me-i-was-a-good-catholic-and-to-keep-receiving-communion\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt came up \u2014 we just talked about the fact that he was happy I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving Communion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of U.S. bishops have urged Biden to stop referring to himself as a \u201cdevout Catholic\u201d because of his vocal stand against core Church teachings on abortion, same-sex marriage, transgenderism, and religious freedom. Some prelates have said publicly that the president should voluntarily cease receiving Holy Communion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14385187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Joe-Biden-speaks-Grace-Lutheran-Church-Kenosha-Wisconsin-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14385187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Joe-Biden-speaks-Grace-Lutheran-Church-Kenosha-Wisconsin-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden visits Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2020, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (Photo by JIM WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden visits Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2020 (JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked if the pope had indeed said Biden was a good Catholic and that he should continue receiving Holy Communion, Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See press office, said, \u201cI would consider it a private conversation, and it is limited to what was said in the public statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2021\/10\/29\/211029g.html\">communiqu\u00e9<\/a> said the two leaders spoke about climate change, the coronavirus pandemic, immigration, and human rights, including religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking the usual protocol for meetings between the pope and a head of state, the Vatican did not allow media to be present for the Biden-Francis meeting, and no video live stream was provided. It is unclear whether the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/29\/joe-biden-keeps-american-media-out-of-secret-greeting-with-pope-francis\/\">decision<\/a> to shut out media came from the Vatican or the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic League President Bill Donohue said he is maintaining a healthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicleague.org\/what-pope-said-to-biden-is-unconfirmed\/\">skepticism<\/a> regarding Biden\u2019s account of his meeting with the pope, both because it makes little sense and because Biden is a \u201cpathological liar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is only the second Catholic to become president, and U.S. bishops have repeatedly admonished him for his reinstatement of taxpayer-funded abortion domestically and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>A January 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2021\/01\/20\/us-bishops-offer-prayers-pledge-to-engage-with-biden-administration\/\">statement<\/a> by the president of the U.S. Bishops\u2019 Conference (USCCB), Archbishop Jos\u00e9 Gomez, lamented that \u201cour new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf deep concern is the liberty of the Church and the freedom of believers to live according to their consciences,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has repeatedly condemned abortion as a heinous crime, calling it \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2021\/09\/15\/pope-francis-abortion-is-more-than-a-problem-it-is-murder\/\">murder<\/a>\u201d and comparing killing the unborn to \u201chiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/10\/10\/pope-francis-abortion-hiring-hit-man-take-out-child\/\">hitman<\/a>\u201d to take out an enemy.<\/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 declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass. 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