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The Vatican sent a letter to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops giving advice and warnings regarding a possible move by the American leadership to deny communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians.

(AP/Creative Commons) The Conversation  with America Media, offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church.  Yesterday, America reported that Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had sent a letter to be shared with every bishop in the United States, warning that a proposed discussion over a national policy about pro-choice politicians receiving Communion could “become a source of discord rather th...

Morning Report: About Those Outdoor Dining Structures ... Restaurants like Son of a Toast in North Park set up temporary outdoor dining structures during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Outdoor dining structures helped many restaurants and bars in San Diego survive the pandemic. But they’re slated to go away in a couple months unless the City Council intervenes. In the meantime, city staff are preparing for the possibility that those same structures will need to be vetted bef...

Catholic Bishops Consider Bombshell Decision to Try to Stop Biden from Receiving Communion 05/09/2021 at 9:48 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White By Jack Davis, Western Journal, April 29, 2021 After months of rumblings by some Catholic leaders that President Joe Biden’s embrace of abortion flouts Catholic doctrine, American bishops will vote in June on a document clarifying whether high-profile pro-abortion Catholics such as Biden should be denied Communion. The U.S. Conference of Catholic ...

2 Catholic bishops at odds over Biden receiving Communion DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer May 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail In this Sunday, April 12 2020 photo, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrates Easter Mass, which was live streamed, at St. Marys Cathedral in San Francisco. Cordileone hopes his fellow bishops, at their upcoming national meeting in June, will agree to send a strong message of disapproval to Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion rights.Jeff Chiu/AP ...

The bishop of San Diego, Robert W. McElroy, arguedPresident Joe Biden should be permitted to continue receiving Holy Communion despite...

Bishop McElroy defends pro-abortion pols Posted on San Diego prelate uses racism as foil A California bishop defended President Joe Biden receiving Holy Eucharist, arguing that those who would deny pro-abortion politicians Communion are overlooking racism. Bishop Robert McElroy of the Diocese of San Diego decried calls to deny Communion to abortion promoters in an essay at the Jesuit publication  America on Wednesday. “The proposal to exclude pro-choice Catholic political leaders from th...

US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion 04/30/2021 at 4:11 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White By David Crary, AP, April 28, 2021 When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights. At issue is a document that will be prepared for the U.S. Conference of Cath...

In accordance with existing USCCB policy, it would still leave decisions on withholding Communion up to individual bishops. In Biden’s case, the top prelates of the jurisdictions where he frequently worships — Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. — have made clear that Biden is welcome to receive Communion at churches they oversee. The document-in-the-works results from a decision in November by the USCCB’s president, Archbis...

Bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion Only the second Catholic president, he is the first to publicly support abortion rights. By DAVID CRARYAssociated Press Share When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights. At issue is a document that will be prepared for the U.S...