I need to do penance, because I am GLAD Joe Biden will not be allowed to receive communion. I am ashamed of myself. [I Was Raised Catholic]

30 Bishops of the Catholic church are now working on a document that will clarify what it means to be Catholic.

Those public figures who openly endorse abortion are in violation of the teachings of the Catholic church, and the Catholic Church will eventually have that right out there in writing with the support of 30 Catholic Bishops.

Unless and until these public figures STOP endorsing abortion, it is the HEIGHT of hypocrisy for them to continue receiving communion as though they were part of the body of Christ.

Joe Biden, when asked about this, refuses to comment...says, "That's personal." Noooo, Joe...

It's personal to everyday Catholics, IMO. But if the President of the United States is MODELING support of abortion to the entire world, is it personal any longer? That's the whole POINT, Joe. This is NOT a personal issue for public figures.

And that goes double and triple for Nancy Pelosi who drools on about her "heart of love" and how [i]HOLY[/i] she is. NOT.

Jesus, in the New Testament, was upset about the hypocrisy of the Pharisees...so I think it's not without precedent to be upset at the massive hypocrisy of our highest public figures.

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SW-User

I personally hole he leaves the Catholic Church - mostly because the church is a stain on humanity and is responsible for covering up the genocide and rape of the vulnerable in every corner of the world they’ve stuck their sticky fingers. I know many lovey Catholic people, but their church leaders are goons.

4meAndyou · F

@SW-User Not everyone loves Catholics. I even heard, once, that during WWII the, (then), Pope colluded with Hitler in some way. The Pope wrote, later, that he hoped to save his people during the occupation of Italy. Many Catholics were murdered in Germany and Poland...they were about as popular as Jews. I left the church in my teens because I could not get over the torture and murders they performed during the Inquisition in Spain.

That being said, there is a parallel between the Catholic church and their past sins, and the sins of slavery in the United States. The past is the past, and if there is progress and change, that should be applauded.

SW-User

@4meAndyou I’m sorry but comparing Catholics and Jews during WWII is just fucked up - Jews in Europe were actively being systematically exterminated.

The past? You mean like in the last 10-20 years lol? The fucking church won’t even apologize or take ownership over half the bullshit they’ve done, nor compensate victims. They’re monsters.

4meAndyou · F

@SW-User So were Catholics, Dude. I think we are done here.

Peaches · F

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

@4meAndyou The Catholic church did what all institutions do ... they protected themselves rather than martyr for the sake of moral righteous. I cannot think of any large human institutions, whether government agencies, religions .... whatever ... that won't seek to save face or protect itself as their first line of defense.

Hitler played the world as a fiddle as he methodically traded a sense of security for appeasement. Practically everyone earth took the bait at first, even the Jews. The Dutch sent Jewish refugees back to Germany in the a expectation that Germany wouldn't turn its guns on the Netherlands. Even the US sent Jewish refugees back to Germany. England and France turned their backs on Czechoslovakia, and Stalin made a deal with Hitler.

Jesus was both human and divine. Religions, though they try to speak for God, are human institutions.