(2) REPORT ON THE CATLYST, BIDEN'S CURIOUS CATHOLIC CREDENTIALS -APRIL, 2021

 (2) REPORT ON THE CATALYST, BIDEN'S CURIOUS CATHOLIC CREDENTIALS - APRIL, 2021

VERITAS - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT,COM - TUES, APRIL 13, 2021

 

    The Catholic league is the nation's largest civil rights organization. It defends individual Catholics and institutional Church against defamation and discrimination.  President William A. Donahue, PhD.

 

    Annual membership dues are $30. Senior citizens dues are $20. and student dues are $20.Members receive "Catalyst" the league journal. The Catalyst is published monthly except for combined issues Jan.-Feb. and July and August. Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 450 Seventh Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10123 Today's report is on page 8 and 9 of 16 pages. 

 

OBSESSING OVER BIDEN'S RELIGION

    The obsession with President Biden's religion is everywhere apparent, especially among democrats, liberal pundits, reporters and activists. They are working overtime to convince the public that he is a good Catholic. {He won the presidency this way.ghk}

    On Biden's first day in office, W.H. press secretary Jen Psaki addressed his religion at a press conference. "I will just take the opportunity to mind all of you that he is a devout Catholic, and somebody who attends church regularly." "Devout Catholic." A lexis-nexis search reveals that his descriptive term has been used by the press hundred of times in the last three months.  [This is absolutely not true.ghk}

 

    The day after Biden was inaugurated, the New York Times gushed that he is "perhaps the most religiously commander in chief in half a century." Usually this newspaper is apprehensive, if not alarmed, about religious observant public officials (especially Catholic ones), yet for some reason they made an exemption. [ No exemption, they promoted a Catholic Fraud. ghk]

 

        Sister Carol Keehan is the former head of the Catholic Health Association. She says Biden is a "man who clearly loves his faith." To get an idea of what she considers to be a model Catholic, she recently showered Xavier Becerra with praise when she was grilled by a Senate Committee over his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. It does not bother her one iota that Becerra supports partial-birth abortions and is known for his never-ending crusades against the Little Sisters of the Poor.

 

    Another Biden admirer is John Carr, co-director of a Catholic project at Georgetown University; he is a reliable liberal Catholic voice. He is impressed between Biden and his predecessor. "We're going for one of the least overtly religious presidents in modern times to the one of the most overtly religious presidents in recent times.  [ Yes from one of the most overtly, to dupe Catholics to vote for him and the least Christian President who passed laws pro-life, pro-marriage, and pro-family, center-stage in America in his presidency. ghk)

 

    If there is one thing that makes Biden "overtly religious," it is his habit of carrying a rosary. That puts a smile on the face of liberal Catholics like Father Tom Reese, a prominent Jesuit writer. "This is a guy who carries a rosary around in his pocket and talks about his faith." The media also loves this story. This explains why there is so much chatter about Biden's rosary beads.

    

    Let's concede that Biden is rosary-carrying "devout Catholic." What does that have to do with his public policy decisions that are of interest to the Catholic Church? Biden's lust for abortion rights, and his steadfast opposition to religious liberty legislation - as his defense of the Equality Act - are incontestable. In other words, if a "devout" Catholic doesn't connect the dots between his faith and his public policy decisions, how excited should Catholics be about him? And does this not explain why secularists adore this kind of Catholic.? 

 

    At the individual level, Biden is the embodiment of what privatization of religion means. In this view, religion is solely an interview exercise, having no public role to play. It must be said there is nothing Catholic about such a position. Indeed every pope in recent times, including Pope Francis, has spoken against this insular view. Catholicism, they contend must have a robust presence in the public square....   

George H. Kubeck