Biden launches ads touting his faith after cardinal says he's 'not a Catholic in good standing'

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Cardinal Raymond Burke recently said 'a Catholic may not support abortion in any shape or form.'

Former Vice President Joe Biden has launched an ad campaign seeking to highlight his faith as many conservatives and fellow Catholics have questioned the sincerity of his beliefs.

The campaign includes three ads that are set to run in 14 states, many of which are major battlegrounds, according to Religion News Service (RNS). “These ads are one component of our expansive, direct appeal to people of faith that Vice President Biden’s agenda is much more aligned with their common good values than the divisiveness, racism, and fear we see from the current administration,” Josh Dickson, who leads the campaign's faith engagement, reportedly said.

The ads portray Biden as turning to his faith in dark times and knowing "what it means to be your brother's keeper." In one ad, Biden tells a Jesuit priest and magazine editor that "my father would say the cardinal sin of all sins is the abuse of power."

But Biden has chided those who want to end abortion, which has been painted as exploiting women and killing the most innocent in society. Referencing Biden's stance on abortion, Cardinal Raymond Burke said that the former vice president shouldn't receive communion and wasn't a Catholic "in good standing."

“This is not a political statement, I don’t intend to get involved in recommending any candidate for office, but simply to state that a Catholic may not support abortion in any shape or form because it is one of the most grievous sins against human life, and has always been considered to be intrinsically evil and therefore to in any way support the act is a mortal sin," said Burke, a canon lawyer who previously served as prefect of the Church's highest court. Burke's comments came at the end of August but caught headlines earlier this week.

Burke elaborated that Biden put his soul in "danger" by partaking in Holy Communion and said the Democratic nominee could lead others "into wrong thinking and wrong acting by [his] example.”

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Biden launches ads touting his faith after cardinal says he's 'not a Catholic in good standing'