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U.S. Catholic Bishops may Dodge Rebuke of Biden over Abortion
While some bishops have said they would deny Communion to the president, there is no national policy on the matter.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops holds its Fall General Assembly meeting Nov. 12, 2019 in Baltimore. | Steve Ruark/AP Photo
While some U.S. Catholic bishops continue to denounce President Joe Biden for his support of legal abortion, their conference as a whole is likely to avoid direct criticism of him at its upcoming national meeting.
The highest-profile agenda item is a proposed “teaching document” about the sacrament of Communion. Months of work on the document, by the conference’s Committee on Doctrine, coincided with sometimes heated debate among the bishops as to whether Biden and other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are unworthy of receiving Communion.
U.S. Catholic bishops may dodge rebuke of Biden over abortion
While some bishops have said they would deny Communion to the president, there is no national policy on the matter.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops holds its Fall General Assembly meeting Nov. 12, 2019 in Baltimore. | Steve Ruark/AP Photo
While some U.S. Catholic bishops continue to denounce President Joe Biden for his support of legal abortion, their conference as a whole is likely to avoid direct criticism of him at its upcoming national meeting.
The highest-profile agenda item is a proposed “teaching document” about the sacrament of Communion. Months of work on the document, by the conference’s Committee on Doctrine, coincided with sometimes heated debate among the bishops as to whether Biden and other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are unworthy of receiving Communion.
U.S. Catholic bishops may dodge rebuke of Biden over abortion