The Biden Communion Debate Rages And Pits Liberal V. Conservative Catholics.

May 9, 2021 Glen Turpening

Conservative Catholic Bishops seek to ban President Biden from receiving Communion while Liberal Bishops welcome him with open arms. (AP News)

Bishop Cordileone

They share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base. Yet there’s a deep gulf between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in the high-stakes debate over whether politicians who support abortion rights should be denied Communion. Cordileone, who has long established himself as a forceful anti-abortion campaigner, recently has made clear his view that such political figures — whose ranks include President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — should not receive Communion because of their stance on the issue. The archbishop issued a pastoral letter on the topic May 1 and reinforced the message in an hourlong interview Friday with the Catholic television network EWTN.

By DAVID CRARY, writing for 'AP News.com'

The Bishops are once again having at when it come to deciding who can receive receive communion and who cannot. The viciously homophobic Bishop of San Francisco supports a full ban on Biden receiving Communion and probably supports excommunication. Other more realistic and humanitarian Bishops welcome President Biden with open arms to receive Communion. President Biden is a practicing Catholic and the Church should welcome a him and support his continued devout religiosity.