DenverCanon 915 requires that ministers deny these public pro-abort figures Holy Communion. This rational and explanation has been adequately presented by Archbishop Burke.
News Analysis
As the Democratic National Convention opens in Denver, here’s an irony worth pondering: Perhaps the most disappointed group in America over the choice of a Roman Catholic as the party’s nominee for vice president may well be the country’s Catholic bishops....
As is well known, Biden is solidly pro-choice, which puts him at odds with official Catholic teaching on abortion....
In brief, the issue is whether a Catholic politician with a clear record of opposition to church teaching on “life issues,” with abortion holding pride of place, ought to be denied Communion....
While the American bishops are compactly pro-life, they’re divided as to whether to rebuff pro-choice politicians at the Communion line. An influential minority of bishops believes that publicly denying Communion is essential to defending church teaching, while a majority believes that Communion should never be politicized, even in the service of a good cause....
As asked in earlier posts, will we actually see our bishops as a unified group doing what they should do are will they continue in their refusal to safeguard and protect the Blessed Sacrament as well as those souls who are in error or who may be scandalized by the public sacrileges?
The National Catholic [Dist]orter article is here.
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