[Craic] FW: The Vatican isn't having it. Right-wing Catholic pundits tried to claim that's not what the pope meant.

[Allan Baker]

We will willingly serve communion to Joe Biden anytime he worships with a United Church of Canada community of faith.

Allan Baker

> On Nov 1, 2021, at 1:29 PM, David Walsh via craic <craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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> From: Faithful America <mail at faithfulamerica.org <mailto:mail at faithfulamerica.org>> 
> Sent: October 10, 2021 11:23 AM
> Subject: After Pope Francis criticized bishops who want to deny Joe Biden Communion, right-wing Catholic pundits tried to claim that's not what the pope meant. The Vatican isn't having it. (signature needed)
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> A top Vatican cardinal just explicitly said American bishops should not deny Communion to President Joe Biden. The forceful statement comes as right-wing U.S. bishops discuss denying Communion to Joe Biden.
>  <https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/francis-communion/?t=1&akid=5857%2E600630%2EWoTLld>
> Dear Faithful America member,
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> Big news: A top aide to Pope Francis just explicitly said that American bishops should not deny Communion to President Joe Biden.
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> The forceful statement from the Vatican's Cardinal Peter Turkson comes just as the U.S. bishops' conference prepares to vote on a new document about the Eucharist, a document rooted in the partisan desires of right-wing bishops to delegitimize Biden.
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> Cardinal Turkson's comments also follow similar remarks from Pope Francis himself, who told reporters last month that he has never denied Communion to anyone and that bishops should be pastoral, not political. The difference is that the Cardinal specifically discussed Biden -- not just the general issue -- so the culture warriors can't spin what he meant.
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> More than 14,000 Faithful America members have signed a new petition letting top U.S. bishops know that we've had enough of their partisanship -- and that we want the new Eucharistic document to reflect the pope's pastoral leadership. Will you add your name too, so that we can submit 20,000 signatures before next month's big meeting?
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> Tell top U.S. Catholic bishops: Stop trying to deny Joe Biden Communion >> <https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/francis-communion/?t=2&akid=5857%2E600630%2EWoTLld>
> In response to Pope Francis, far-right pundits like Bill Donohue and his anti-LGBTQ Catholic League have tried to gaslight their supporters, somehow claiming that the pope wasn't talking about Biden -- which might be why Cardinal Turkson left no room for doubt.
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> "The Eucharist should not in any way become a weapon," Cardinal Turkson said to reporter Mike Allen of Axios. "If you say somebody cannot receive Communion, you are basically doing a judgment that you are in a state of sin."
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> Allen specifically asked the cardinal if that applied to Biden -- and Cardinal Turkson told him, "No." It is now clearer than ever: Partisan bishops aren't just out of step with the 67% of Catholics who support Biden taking Communion (per Pew Research). They're even out of step with Pope Francis and the Vatican.
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> Let's show the U.S. bishops' conference that grassroots Catholics and other American Christians are listening to Pope Francis and Cardinal Turkson -- and that we expect them too, as well.
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> Tell the bishops: Echo Pope Francis, and use your new document to declare that you will not deny anyone Communion to anyone over politics >> <https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/francis-communion/?t=3&akid=5857%2E600630%2EWoTLld>
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