Throughout an interview with host Matt Fradd on Pints with Aquinas, Cardinal Raymond Burke condemned President Joe Biden’s reception of Holy Communion as a “sacrilege.”
Fradd requested Cardinal Burke about his ideas on the Sacrament.
Burke shared, “There needs to be a deepening of religion, and that’s what’s misplaced for example, that we have now individuals like President Biden, who claims to be a religious Catholic, and but is in favor of aborting infants even within the beginning canal. Or is in favor of this complete transgender agenda, which is an entire rise up towards God’s plan for us.”
He continued, “After which that he approaches to obtain Holy Communion – this isn’t doable as a result of he denies Christ in these very blatant public methods, and he stubbornly does this.”
“And on the identical time, approaches to obtain Christ within the Holy Communion. This can be a sacrilege and for his personal sake and for the sake of the entire Church that may’t be permitted.”
“And that’s not making the communion rail a battleground … it’s merely respect for our Lord Jesus Christ.”
When requested what might be accomplished about it, Cardinal Burke stated Biden needs to be informed, “Mr. President, so long as you espouse these insurance policies and packages and legal guidelines which can be in violation of the Divine Regulation, you might not method to obtain Holy Communion. After which, if he does, merely not give him Holy Communion.”
Watch (the dialogue of taking Holy Communion and Joe begins at 51:14)
This isn’t the primary time Joe Biden has been referred to as out for rejecting key pillars of his professed religion.
Wilton Cardinal Gregory, from the Washington Archdiocese, referred to Biden as a ‘cafeteria Catholic.’
“I’d say that he’s very honest about his religion. However like a lot of Catholics, he picks and chooses dimensions of the religion to spotlight whereas ignoring and even contradicting different components. There’s a phrase that we have now used up to now, a ‘cafeteria Catholic’ — you select that which is enticing, and dismiss that which is difficult,” the Archbishop stated.
In accordance with a current ballot by the Pew Analysis Heart, Joe is losing the Catholic vote.
The poll shares that if the election have been held right this moment, 55% of Catholic voters say they’d vote for Donald Trump, or lean towards voting for him.
Solely 43% say they help Biden.
An identical ballot performed by Pew earlier than the 2020 election found that Catholics have been nearly evenly break up between the 2 candidates, with 50% saying they’d help Trump and 49% reporting that they’d vote for Biden.