Catholic Bishop: Biden “Should Stop Defining Himself as a Devout Catholic”
In an interview last week at the online Catholic World Report, Archbishop Joseph R. Naumann was asked, “Mr. Biden professes to be a devout Catholic yet is 100% pro-choice on abortion. How do you think America’s bishops ought to respond to this situation?”
Naumann, chairman of the U.S. Bishop’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, declared:
I can tell you how this bishop is responding. The president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching. It would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching....