Opinion: Sign of the times: A bishop bashes Biden and Catholics object (or yawn)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Joe Biden, who if elected would be the nation’s second Roman Catholic president, was bashed by a Catholic bishop this week, and a lot of Catholics either yawned or came to Biden's defense. That says something about changes both in the American church and in the declining role of religion as a political identity.

Biden, who emphasizes his Catholic upbringing, has also moved to a pro-choice position over the years, most recently abandoning his support for the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortion in most circumstances. Presumably that was what motivated Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, R.I., to tweet this on Tuesday:

“Biden-Harris. First time in awhile that the Democratic ticket hasn’t had a Catholic on it. Sad.”

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Tobin was upbraided on Twitter for his knock at Biden, including by Catholics who pointed out that it’s not up to Tobin to unchurch the former vice president. The prominent Jesuit writer James Martin tweeted: “Mr. Biden is a baptized Catholic. Thus, he is a Catholic.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-sign-times-bishop-bashes-185956353.html

[TlalocW]

1. That guy is a piece of filth

He ignored allegations of kid-fucking priests in his diocese because technically it wasn't in his job description to do anything about it. Three hundred priests and over 1000 victims were the results.

TlalocW

[zipplewrath]

2. A bishop should know better

Biden is both baptized and confirmed (I presume). As such, the technical term would be that he is no longer "in communion with the Holy See". And quite honestly, as priest I knew well said, any priest can look out upon his flock on any Sunday and the vast majority of them are willingly defying the pope. Birth control, divorce, swearing, you name it, they are all consciously and regularly defying the orders of the papacy.