(4) REPORT ON THE "CATALYST" BIDEN'S CURIOUS CATHOLIC CREDENTIALS - APRIL, 2021
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"Those on the left have an ideological interest in selling Biden to the public as a loyal son of the Church. Their goal is to undermine the authority of the bishops by promoting the false idea that the bishops do not have the last word on what constitutes a Catholic in good standing. They seek to persuade the public, especially Catholics, that it is perfectly acceptable to reject the Church teachings on life, marriage and religious liberty - the way Biden does - and still be a model Catholic.
One of their favorite tactics is to contend that Biden is more similar to Pope Francis than are the bishops. David Gibson, who directs an institute at Fordham University, claims that Biden is "more in line with the pope than the American bishops." That would surely come as news to priests who have denied Biden communion.
Paul Elie, a Georgetown professor, says the pope and Biden have much in common. "Their informality, the fact that they were elected late in life, the fact that they seem to have issues as they come, listening, discerning and then acting." He fails to note that the pope and Biden have nothing in common when it comes to their fidelity to the Church's moral teachings. But that evidently matters less than their "informality."
Elie is more accurate when he gets to the heart of why it is necessary for Catholics like him to rescue Biden from his critics.'"The hope is that the Biden Administration will invigorate American Catholicism and vice versa." Translated this means that Catholic dissidents want the Biden brand of Catholicism to prove triumphant.
It angers Catholic malcontents that some criticize Biden's Catholic credentials. Julia Maloney, who works at the University of Michigan, gets incensed when she hears someone say that Biden is "Catholic in name only." Mark Silk, who is not Catholic, wants us to know that the president's pro-abortion record "doesn't necessarily make Biden a bad Catholic."
Sister Simone Campbell, the Democrats' favorite nun, is bolder than Silk. The star of "nuns on the bus" tries to bail out Biden by saying his views on abortion are "very developed." By that she means "he will not force his religious beliefs on the whole nation." Not exactly reassuring considering his desire to force his anti-Catholic beliefs on the Little Sisters of the Poor (as well as everyone else.)
Joe Sweeney of the University of California at Davis says it is "incredibly offensive and absurd" to call into question Biden's Catholicity simply because he has a "moderate approach to issues like abortion and same-sex marriage." One wonders what position Biden must take for Sweeney to label him an extremist. After all, Biden supports infanticide- babies killed in partial-birth abortions are 80% born - and he has officiated at gay weddings.
Jamie Manson, who heads an anti-Catholic organization, Catholics for Choice, says a majority of American Catholics agree with Biden on abortion. They do not. Practicing Catholics, as a recent survey disclosed, are pro-life by a 2-1 margin, and even non-practicing Catholics do not support late-term abortions.
The Catholic left has an uphill battle. Most people know that someone who identifies as Catholic yet rejects the Church's teachings on abortion, gay marriage and the First Amendment cannot realistically be regarded as a loyal Catholic. The fact that these dissidents are working over time to convince us that Biden in good standing is proof that he isn't."
George H. Kubeck
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