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Joe Biden will become the second baptized Catholic to be sworn in as U.S. president.
WASHINGTON — Archbishop Charles Chaput said that Catholic president-elect Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for the “grave moral evil” of abortion.
Writing in the magazine First Things on Dec. 4, the archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia also warned that individual bishops who publicly announce their intention to give Biden Communion risk doing a “serious disservice” to Biden, and to the rest of the American bishops.
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Archbishop Chaput: Denying Biden Communion is ‘Pastoral’ Not ‘Political’
WASHINGTON — Archbishop Charles Chaput said that Catholic president-elect Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for the “grave moral evil” of abortion.
Writing in the magazine First Things on Dec. 4, the archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia also warned that individual bishops who publicly announce their intention to give Biden Communion risk doing a “serious disservice” to Biden, and to the rest of the American bishops.
Continued below.
Archbishop Chaput: Denying Biden Communion is ‘Pastoral’ Not ‘Political’