[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Tell the Catholic bishops: Don't deny Biden Communion

[Tina Neves]

I agree, Catherine. Signed it

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 1:25 PM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> You may want to sign this. Catherine
>
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> From: Faithful America <mail at faithfulamerica.org>
> Date: Sun, May 23, 2021 at 12:43 PM
> Subject: Tell the Catholic bishops: Don't deny Biden Communion
> To: Catherine Walther <catherine.walther at gmail.com>
>
>
> When the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference holds its annual meeting next
> month, leaders plan to vote on whether to pressure President Biden to stop
> taking Communion as punishment for his pro-choice positions.
>
>
> <https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/bishops-politicize-communion/?t=1&akid=5276%2E151772%2EAVZnsL>
>
> Dear Faithful America member,
>
> When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their annual meeting next month, *bishops
> plan to vote on pressuring President Biden to stop taking Communion*,
> excluding him from his church’s "source and summit of Christian life."
>
> If this right-wing hit job proceeds, it will be in spite of the Vatican's
> warning that such a vote could cause "discord rather than unity." It would
> also be just for show: Washington's Cardinal Wilton Gregory has made it
> clear he will not deny Biden Communion, proving *the vote's only point is
> to send a partisan signal.*
>
> Fortunately, not every bishop is on board. San Diego's Robert McElroy has
> said it's "the wrong step" to exclude pro-choice leaders from Communion --
> especially while ignoring the "intrinsic evil" of racism: "The Eucharist is
> being weaponized and deployed as a tool in political warfare. This must not
> happen."
>
> Despite these spiritual pleas from McElroy and others, the bishops'
> conservative leaders are moving ahead with their anti-Biden crusade,
> stopping at nothing to score cheap political points. They're ignoring Pope
> Francis's advice rather than following his pastoral example, and *they
> need to hear from grassroots Catholics and other Christians who are
> outraged at this weaponization of worship*.
>
> *Tell the bishops' conference: Don't politicize Holy Communion. Cancel
> your anti-Biden vote >>*
> <https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/bishops-politicize-communion/?t=2&akid=5276%2E151772%2EAVZnsL>
>
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> In peace,
> - Jason, Rev. Nathan, and the Faithful America team
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