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(AP Photo/Ken Lambert, File) The Committee on Doctrine for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is working on a document that would call on all politicians who espouse abortion rights or publicly advocate for abortion rights to not take the sacrament of Communion. The debate over the policy will take place at the bishop’s annual conference in June. A two-thirds majority would have to approve the document for it to pass. “Because President Biden is Catholic, it presents a unique problem f...

Written by Associated Press on April 29, 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 Catholic Bishops by its Committee on Doctrine, with the aim of clarifying the c...

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...

U.S. Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion By DAVID CRARY Associated Press April 28, 2021 — 9:38am Text size Copy shortlink: When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, ...

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 Catholic Bishops by its Committee on Doctrine, with the aim of clarifying the church’s stance on an issue that has repeatedly vexed the bishops in recent de...

Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann Says Biden Trying to Usurp Churchs Authority With Abortion Policies On 4/28/21 at 2:33 PM EDT As attitudes about abortion rights shift under President Joe Bidens administration, Catholic archbishops in the U.S. are pushing back, even going as far as claiming that the president is attempting to usurp the Churchs authority with his abortion policies. Biden is the second Catholic president in U.S. history and the first of the two to hold office while signaling su...

When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, theyll 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 Catholic Bishops by its Committee on Doctrine, with the aim of clarifying the churchs stance on an issue that has repeatedly vexed the bishops in recent decades....

In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day ceremonies in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 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 i...

Catholic immigration advocates say Christian response needed at border Apr 9, 2021 national correspondent A mother from Guatemala seeking asylum in the U.S. kisses her 3-month-old baby while waiting to be escorted by Border Patrol agents in Roma, Texas, April 7, 2021, after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (Credit: Go Nakamura/Reuters, via CNS). While democrat leaders continue to point the finger at the previous administration for present challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border, and...

American clergy of the Roman Catholic Church have voiced concerns about one version of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. They note that the vaccine is made using cells from aborted human fetuses.