Thread by @RewireNewsGroup

U.S. Catholic bishops are meeting for their annual spring conference, and one of the things they’re discussing is whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights—like @POTUS—should be denied Communion. #USCCB21

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But the majority of U.S. Catholics believe abortion should be legal, as @jamielmanson, president of @Catholic4Choice, told us a couple months ago.

“The way the bishops make it this polarizing issue just is not a reflection of the reality on the ground.”
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U.S. bishops have been divided for quite some time on how to deal with prominent Catholics who support abortion access.

For the right wing, this issue became even more urgent once Joe Biden came into office.

Technically, today’s vote at @USCCB is about drafting a document on the Eucharist and who’s qualified to receive it.

For the fervently anti-choice bishops pushing for this, it’s an opportunity to bash @POTUS for supporting abortion rights.
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The @USCCB walked things back at a press conference yesterday, insisting that they’re not proposing a national policy and that the document isn’t aimed at Biden. But it could still provide “guidance” on pro-choice Catholic politicians receiving Communion.

As @jamielmanson shared with @RewireNewsGroup in December, "The results of the November election show that the majority of Catholics did, in fact, vote for the nation’s first pro-choice Catholic president."

Not only that, Catholics “overwhelmingly reject the practice of denying Holy Communion to Catholics who support abortion access,” Manson added.
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