President Biden has often described his spiritual need as a Catholic to attend Mass each week and receive Communion. But making that happen isn’t always simple.

In recent years, an increasingly focused group of conservative Catholics has been pressing the prioritizing of opposing abortion above all else,and is seeking to keep Catholic politicians who in any way support abortion access from the sacrament, considered the core rite of Catholic worship.

For Biden’s team, that sometimes has meant dedicating staffers during busy travel weeks to make sure Biden, who supports abortion rights, avoids priests and bishops who would deny him the sacrament over his stance on the issue. The president was denied Communion in 2019 by a South Carolina priest who said any leader “who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching.”

What I want to know is, who made the Catholic Church the arbiter over moral right and wrong? Why do people still regard them as the be all end all authority on morality? Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others.

My friends ask me if I’m religious. I tell them I’m spiritual. I follow Jesus. Not the church.

No church has denied communion over wars started, the death penalty, racism etc but ABORTION IS TOO MUCH FOR THE CHURCH.

This week at their annual spring meeting, the bishops of the U.S. Catholic Church — the largest faith group in the country — will debate the meaning of Communion and whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be barred from receiving it. The conversation and a vote among the church’s top clerics could have significant ramifications because it centers on one of the most intimate moments of Catholic worship and binds it uniquely to a specific political and policy position.

Democracies end the day religion ties itself with politics.

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