Let's talk about Biden's communion troubles....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

[Xipe Totec]

1. My first communion was my last communion

It was a debut and farewell performance.

[onecaliberal]

2. When the whole sex scandal broke across the world I was done.

[keithbvadu2]

3. When Christians get control of the gov't, will Catholics and Protestants be happy with Mitt Romney a

When Christians get control of the gov't, will Catholics and Protestants be happy with Mitt Romney and the Mormons in charge?

[Warpy]

4. It is a political stunt

Biden's parish priest can still administer communion or any other pertinent sacrament. About the only way the church has of denying access to the sacraments is excommunication, and I honestly don't see Pope Francis doing that. Benedict? Maybe, but he's not wearing the big hat these days.

The Bishyops are just flouncing around in a fit of pique at this point, hoping somebody pays attention to them. Unless the Pope is on their side, and I doubt he'll want to open that particular can of worms, they are SOL in this.

[markpkessinger]

5. The decision to deny Biden communion can only be made by the bishop of the diocese or the Pope . . .

. . . The Conference of Catholic Bishops can only issue advisory opinions. On this particular issue, the Pope issued a warning against taking this vote, and the bishop of the Washington, D.C. diocese, Wilton Cardinal Gregory (who is also a past president of the Conference), has said he will not deny Communion to Biden. So none of this will affect Biden personally, nor will it affect his standing within the Church.

That said, this move by the Conference has the potential to set back the cause of Roman Catholics being elected to public office by 60 years. When a group of protestants in 1960 indicated their fear that a Catholic president might take his orders from the Pope, JFK put those fears to rest. And that's how things have stood for 60 years. But for the bishops to make this statement, and, God forbid, if they ever succeeded in intimidating a Catholic public official, it would revive those fears, and this time, for good reason!

[keithbvadu2]

6. It is a political issue. If it was an issue of faith, the Pope would make a decision.