From a newsletter:
4. Pope Francis, above, warned conservative U.S. bishops to back down from their push to deny communion to politicians supportive of abortion rights. |
That includes President Biden, the first Roman Catholic to occupy the Oval Office in 60 years. |
Despite the Vatican’s remarkably public stop sign, the bishops will most likely force a debate this week. The effort could shatter their facade of unity with Rome and set what church historians consider a dangerous precedent for bishops’ conferences across the globe. |
The US Bishops are engaging in lobbying to pressure a politician to act the way they want him to act. This is contrary to the principle of Separation of Church and State.
Biden's is Catholic, but he is also the President of the United States and as President, he represents ALL US citizens, and NOT just the Catholics.
Similarly, his values as a Catholic are his personal beliefs and not for him to use his office to impose his personal religious beliefs on others regardless of their (extant or non-existent) religious beliefs or values.
Thus, for the Catholic Bishops to pressure the POTUS to act as THEY wish, is tantamount to the Catholic Church imposing their will on the rest of the United States.
That is wrong.
But that is also par for the course for US politics.
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