Joe Biden is a self described devout Christian, but at the same time, a fervent supporter of Roe V Wade and the pro choice movement.
Recently, Pope Francis has answered questions regarding catholic politicians who are also “pro choice.”
The Catholic News Agency reported, Pope Francis said Wednesday that the Catholic Church is firm in its stance on abortion because “abortion is murder,” and urged priests to be pastoral rather than political when faced with the question of who can receive Communion.
Answering questions aboard the papal plane from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Rome on Sept. 15, the pope emphatically said that abortion ends a human life and that human life must be respected.
The Pope also argued from a place of science, claiming that it is a fact, that a fetus is a human life. He emphasized that “Abortion is more than an issue. Abortion is murder.”
The Pope said that in the past, when bishops acted politically issues have arisen. “What should the pastor do? Be a shepherd, do not go around condemning … but be a pastor. But is he also a pastor of the excommunicated? Yes, he is the pastor and … he must be a shepherd with God’s style. And God’s style is closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” He said.
He continued, “For me, I don’t want to particularize […] the United States because I don’t know the details well, I give the principle … Be a pastor and the pastor knows what he has to do at all times, but as a shepherd. But if he comes out of this shepherding of the Church, immediately he becomes a politician,”
The Pope asked for there to be no more excommunication.
“But always condemnation, condemnation, enough with excommunication. Please let us not place any more excommunications. Poor people. They are children of God. They are outside temporarily, but they are children of God and they want, and need, our pastoral closeness. Then the pastors work things out by the Spirit of God,” the Pope said.
The Pope also expressed that he has never had a pro choice politician come to him in search of communion in the first place.
