© Reuters. Pope Francis meets U.S. President Joe Biden on the Vatican, October 29, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout through REUTERS
ROME (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden stated on Friday that Pope Francis had instructed him he ought to maintain receiving Communion, amid fierce debate within the U.S. Church over Biden’s place on abortion.
Biden has come beneath stress from conservatives at dwelling and his most ardent critics within the U.S. Church hierarchy have stated he needs to be banned from receiving communion, the central sacrament of the religion.
Requested if the subject of abortion got here up throughout an extended assembly with pope within the Vatican earlier on Friday, Biden stated no. He stated the pope instructed him he was pleased he was Catholic and he ought to “maintain receiving communion”.
The president, who goes to weekly Mass usually and retains an image of the pope behind his desk within the Oval Workplace, has stated he’s personally against abortion however can’t impose his views as an elected chief.
Final month, requested concerning the U.S. communion debate, the pope instructed reporters that abortion is “homicide”. However he additionally appeared to criticise U.S. Catholic bishops for coping with the difficulty in a political fairly than a pastoral manner.
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