Opinion | Celia Viggo Wexler: President Biden and other pro-choice Catholics could be denied communion in U.S. bishops' power play. - NBCNewsTHINK
Why the haste? I assume that many bishops feel threatened by Biden's thoughtful approach to his faith,"Because President Biden is Catholic, it presents a unique problem for us," Kansas City, Kansas,recently told The Associated Press."It can create confusion," he explained.
Naumann added:"He doesn't have the authority to teach what it means to be Catholic — that's our responsibility as bishops. ... Whether intentional or not, he's trying to usurp our authority." But in this effort to style themselves as the church's sheriffs, the bishops are only showing how much they fear losing their power. In 1970,
55 percent of Catholics attended Mass every week. By 2015, the number had declined to less than a quarter. Last year, nearly 30 million adults raised Catholic no longer identified themselves as members of the church.
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