Pro-abortion Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him to ‘keep receiving Communion’

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Pro-abortion Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him to ‘keep receiving Communion’
'He was happy that I was a good Catholic,' Biden also told reporters.

Fri Oct 29, 2021
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — After their much-anticipated meeting in the Vatican, President Joe Biden said to reporters Pope Francis had told him to “keep receiving Communion,” despite the politician’s continued, public support for abortion and LGBT ideology.

Biden asserted that the pontiff “was happy I’m a good Catholic,” and that the president should “keep receiving Communion.”

The 75-minute, private meeting was described by Biden as “wonderful,” a word which was echoed by his wife in her own comments made to the press, before meeting French first lady Brigitte Macron in Rome.

Pope Francis and Biden met Friday, October 29, in a much-hyped meeting, as media outlets speculated whether the Pope would speak to Biden about his staunchly pro-abortion position.

Early press releases from both the White House and the Holy See Press Office briefly noted that the conversation revealed around the “world’s poor,” as well as the “climate crisis” and issues regarding COVID-19 and refugees.

Biden “thanked His Holiness for his advocacy for the world’s poor and those suffering from hunger, conflict, and persecution,” stated the White House. “He lauded Pope Francis’ leadership in fighting the climate crisis, as well as his advocacy to ensure the pandemic ends for everyone through vaccine sharing and an equitable global economic recovery.”


‘Keep receiving Communion’

As for whether the issue of abortion came up during the meeting, Biden said “it didn’t.”

Speaking to reporters while meeting Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Biden also fielded questions about whether the topic of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was discussed, amid the USCCB’s plan to draw up a Eucharistic document which could deal with the issue of pro-abortion politicians receiving Communion.

However, Biden replied “that’s a private conversation.”

LifeSiteNews contacted Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, for comment on the matter, but did not hear back.

The Catholic News Agency reported that Bruni had told reporters, “I would consider it a private conversation, and it [the Vatican’s press release] is limited to what was said in the public statement.”

Theorizing after the event, Brother Martin of the Oblates of St. Augustine, suggested, “If the Pope told Biden to *continue* to receive Communion, then abortion *was* brought up. The Pope approves a Catholic to have an active part in legislation permitting infanticide with no canonical penalties whatsoever.”

The absence of any live video stream of the meeting was notable, for while the meeting was initially scheduled to have live press coverage, in line with Vatican norms for meetings with heads of state, one day before the Vatican announced that no press coverage would be permitted, providing no clear reason for the sudden change and causing consternation among the Vatican press corps.


Pope is ‘damning Biden and himself’

News of the Pope’s alleged comments have caused instant consternation amongst Catholics, while the mainstream media simultaneously heralded the event as being one between a politician and a Pope who has provided “familial comfort and ideological inspiration to a President whose faith has long underpinned his public and private lives.”

The news was welcomed by heretical group “Women’s Ordination Conference,” who shared America Magazine’s report on Twitter with the hashtag “#WhoWouldJesusDeny.”

In contrast, Br. Martin wrote briefly: “When the Divine Moral Law is treated beneath the authority of any bishop, he has placed himself above God.”

Speaking to LifeSiteNews, Matt Gaspers, managing editor of Catholic Family News, stated: “Today in the Vatican, the deep state warmly embraced the deep church, to borrow terms frequently used by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.”

“The former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States has aptly described the villainous relationship between Joe Biden and Pope Francis on several occasions, but perhaps most succinctly in his interview with Steve Bannon (Jan. 1, 2021), stating that ‘Biden is the equivalent of Bergoglio.’ Ultimately, as His Excellency told Italian Vaticanista Marco Tosatti (Sept. 12, 2020): ‘The self-styled Catholic Joe Biden, who supports partial-birth abortion, i.e., infanticide, and who even before Obama supported gender ideology and celebrated the ‘marriage’ of two men, is not Catholic. Period.’”

“I wholeheartedly agree and absolutely condemn the diabolical notion that Biden is ‘a good Catholic’ and ‘should continue receiving Communion,’” added Gaspers.

U.K. commentator and author Deacon Nick Donnelly was equally critical of the news, stating that the Pope “tells pro-abortion Biden to keep receiving Holy Communion. Thereby, damning Biden and himself.”

EWTN host Raymond Arroyo noted how the Pope was going “against his own US bishops on this (and canon law). Interesting to see how this plays out…” Arroyo also noted, “The major caveat is: did the Pope actually say this?”

Rhode Island’s Bishop Thomas Tobin was also swift to react, commenting that “I fear that the Church has lost its prophetic voice. Where are the John the Baptists who will confront the Herods of our day?” Tobin had previously written to the Pope on Twitter, asking him to “challenge” Biden for his support for abortion, which “is an embarrassment for the Church and a scandal to the world.”

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Cardinal Müller insists pro-abortion politicians like Joe Biden cannot receive the Eucharist

'We cannot receive Jesus Christ, our Creator, while at the same time subscribing to a law which is allowing us to destroy the lives which are given of God,' declared the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.


Cardinal Müller speaks with LifeSiteNews

Fri Oct 29, 2021 -
(LifeSiteNews [adapted]) – In a new interview with LifeSiteNews, Cardinal Gerhard Müller has decried the actions of pro-abortion politicians who present themselves for Holy Communion, saying this is an “absolute contradiction” of the “love of God.”

Asked by LifeSiteNews whether pro-abortion politicians such as Joe Biden should be allowed to receive the Holy Eucharist, Cardinal Müller answered that this would be an “absolute contradiction.” 

“We cannot receive Jesus Christ, our Creator, [while] at the same time subscribing [to] a law which is allowing [us] to destroy the lives which are given of God,” declared the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in the wide-ranging interview with LifeSiteNews.

The comments came shortly before staunchly pro-abortion and yet self-proclaimed Catholic U.S. President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis in the Vatican today. Biden has previously protested against any measure to deny him Holy Communion for his support for abortion – a restriction that would be in line with Canon Law – saying that Pope Francis “gives me Communion.”

However, for the former prefect of the CDF, such an action is not permitted. Pro-abortion politicians might be receiving “Holy Communion with their mouth, but not with their heart,” stated Müller. 

“We receive Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. We as Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ, Son of God, in His divine and human nature, [which] is sacramentally and really present in the Holy Eucharist with His body and with His blood.” 

“We cannot receive Jesus Christ, our creator, [and at] the same time subscribe [to] a law which is allowing to destroy the lives which are given by God,” Müller added. “God is the only owner of our lives.”

“God is giving to us our lives coming out from His love, and to kill another person is an absolute contradiction to the love which is coming from God,” stated Cardinal Müller. 

“We are the representatives of the love of God.” 

Reiterating that “we are belonging to the plan of salvation of God,” the 73-year-old cardinal asked rhetorically, “Who has the right to kill another person?”

“That is a basic element of all ethics, and we cannot make politics without ethical and moral basis.”

Biden has advocated a number of policies contrary to Church teachings on the sanctity of life, on marriage, and on the family. In the run-up to the 2020 election, Biden promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” and defended “women’s right” to abortion “under any circumstance.” He has gone so far as to call abortion an “essential health service” and wants to enshrine abortion into federal law.

Furthermore, Biden has supported gender ideology and advocates a number of policies that would promote LGBT ideology in everyday life in America and across the world. The first “wedding” Biden officiated in his former role of Vice President was between two men in 2016; he publicly endorsed same-sex “marriage’ in 2012.

Cardinal Müller attacked Biden’s contradictory attitude, saying, “I cannot say ‘I am Catholic,’ and say ‘Lord, Lord,’ and contradict the will of God, and the will of God is life.”

Catholic doctrine teaches that abortion is always wrong because it kills an innocent human being, thus violating the Church’s prohibition on murder, a teaching that “remains unchangeable.”

The Church’s Canon Law further stipulates that under no circumstances are those who persist in manifest grave sin to receive the Holy Eucharist: “Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.”

With this in mind, Father Robert E. Morey of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Florence, South Carolina, refused to give Holy Communion to Biden in 2019. In comments to media in the aftermath, Morey explained that “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other and the Church. Our actions should reflect that.”

Fr. Morey’s action has been vindicated by Cardinal Müller’s statement on the duty of Catholics to promote life: “Our natural life [comes] from the same God who gave His life in His Son Jesus Christ for everybody, and we must establish a culture of love and life, and not of hatred and of death.”

Indeed, Müller has echoed the words of fellow prelate, Cardinal Raymond Burke, former Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura who gave an interview in September 2020 in which he mentioned Biden, saying that “a Catholic may not support abortion in any shape or form because it is one of the most grievous sins against human life, and has always been considered to be intrinsically evil.”

However, in their adherence to Church teaching, both Müller and Burke have placed themselves at odds with Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who announced last November that he was “not going to veer from” the practice of giving Holy Communion to Biden, which had occurred during the politician’s years as Barack Obama’s Vice President.

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