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Biden receives communion in Rome
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President Biden received communion in Rome amid debate in the U.S. about whether the president's support for abortion access should preclude him from participating in the rite.
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Biden: Pope told me that I should 'keep receiving Communion'
Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told him he was a "good Catholic" and should keep receiving Communion, although conservatives have called for him to be denied the sacrament because o…
ROME (AP) — Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told
President Biden said Friday that Pope Francis told him that he could continue to receive the Eucharist, despite a debate among Catholic Bishops on whether the president’s support for abortion rights should preclude him from the holy sacrament.
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday that Pope Francis told the President that he should continue receiving communion, and the Pope is happy that Biden is a “good Catholic.” The revelation of the Pope’s words to Biden come after American bishops moved forward with a plan that tried t…
President Joe Biden said the issue of abortion did not come up in his meeting with Pope Francis, but that the pontiff said he should keep receiving Communion.
President Biden said abortion had not come up in their private meeting. “We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,” he said.
(RNS) — The pope's alleged remarks are an apparent rejection of conservative Catholics who have suggested Biden be denied Communion because of his abortion stance.
ROME - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Pope Francis told him he should keep receiving Communion, after holding an unusually long meeting with him at the Vatican.
So they did discuss abortion this morning after all — obliquely. Ed noted earlier that the readouts from both sides after their meeting notably failed to mention the subject despite the fact tha...
Pope Francis described President Biden as a "good Catholic" during their meeting on Friday, according to Biden, and also said that he should keep receiving communion.
Following a lengthy meeting with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden said on Friday that the pope told him he is a “good Catholic” and encouraged him to continue receiving Communion.
While President Joe Biden regularly receives Communion in his home dioceses in Washington and Delaware, it was significant that he also received Communion in Rome.
ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in
President Biden received communion in Rome amid debate in the U.S. about whether the president's support for abortion access should preclude him from participating in the rite.
President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament, prompting negative reactions from Catholic priests upset that the president’s position on abortion is not in line with C…
ROME — President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick's Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament, despite the opposition of some conservatives in the U.S. upset with his position on abortion.
Both sides of the political aisle have made much of Joe Biden’s Catholic faith. The right points out the inconsistencies between Rome’s teachings and Biden’s position on abortion, wh...
ROME -- President Joe Biden received Communion at St. Patrick's Church during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him that he should continue to partake in the sacrament, despite opposition from some conservatives in the U.S. upset with his position on abortion.
