Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego are on opposite sides of the high-stakes debate over whether politicians who support abortion rights should be denied Communion.
The Vatican has decreed that the Roman Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex marriages because God ‘cannot bless sin.’
In accordance with existing USCCB policy, any such document is likely to leave decisions on withholding Communion up to individual bishops. The archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has made it clear that Biden is welcome to receive Communion at churches he oversees. Bishop William Koenig, appointed April 30 to head the Wilmington diocese, said he would gladly speak with Biden about his views on abortion but did not say whether he would allow him to continue receiving Communion, as Koenig’s predecessor had done.
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