Biden: Pope Said I Can Continue To Get Communion

The New York Times reports:

President Biden told reporters on Friday that Pope Francis had called him a “good Catholic” and said he should keep receiving communion, an unexpected development that appeared to put a papal finger on the scale in a debate raging in the United States’ Roman Catholic Church over whether the president and other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied the sacrament.

Asked by reporters if Francis had told him during their private 75-minute audience whether he should keep receiving communion, Mr. Biden replied, “Yes.” Mr. Biden said the issue of abortion had not come up during their meeting. “No, it didn’t,” he said. “It came up — we just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion.”

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President Biden said Pope Francis told him that he was a “good Catholic” and should keep receiving communion. Some U.S. bishops argue that Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied the sacrament. https://t.co/AApNSzaFyM

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