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US Catholic Bishops Controversial Communion Plan Will Hone GOP against Biden
They find it difficult to work with a religious President
For hours, the Catholic bishops of the United States who gathered virtually at the USCCB headquarters in Washington, D.C., this week discussed a brazenly political move that will allow them to set sail in the political waters during the 2022 midterms.
The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States advanced a vote to deny political leaders communion when their political views diverge from the church. It wasn’t difficult to identify the glaringly obvious political leader whose political views on abortion runs ninety degrees away from religious conservatives in the United States — President Biden, the first Catholic President in nearly 60 years.
With six abstentions on a 168 to 55 vote, the bishops decided to “draft guidance on the sacrament of the Eucharist.” The Eucharist, known as the holy communion, “is one of the most sacred rituals in Christianity.”
The proposed guidance will “include the theological foundation for the Church’s discipline concerning the reception of Holy Communion and a special call for those Catholics who are cultural, political, or parochial leaders to witness the faith.” The special call is nothing but a raw exercise of power by the bishops to decide who is…
