Catholic Vote: Bishop McElroy Asks Fellow Bishops To Give Biden Communion

CV NEWS FEED – A California bishop defended President Joe Biden receiving Holy Eucharist, arguing that those who would deny pro-abortion politicians Communion are overlooking racism.

Bishop Robert McElroy of the Diocese of San Diego decried calls to deny Communion to abortion promoters in an essay at the Jesuit publication America on Wednesday. “The proposal to exclude pro-choice Catholic political leaders from the Eucharist is the wrong step,” McElroy wrote. “It will bring tremendously destructive consequences.”

McElroy suggested denying Communion to all Catholic politicians who reject Church teaching on grave moral matters would exclude far too many. “How many Catholic political leaders of either party could pass that test?” …