Profaning or cohering
July 6, 2021
Catholic bishops, for the most part, seem to be unfamiliar with the difference between profaning the body of Christ in the Eucharist and being coherent in a policy that defends and protects Him from sacrilege.
We know that to profane means to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt.
On the other hand, the bishops say they are pursuing a coherent policy on the Eucharist, which suggests that there is no unity among them when it comes to the question of defending and protecting the body of Christ from those who defiantly profane the sacrament.
By Judie Brown | July 6, 2021 | 5:22pm EDT
President Joe Biden (C) and First Lady Jill Biden (L) speak with a priest as they leave St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. (Photo credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Catholic bishops, for the most part, seem to be unfamiliar with the difference between profaning the body of Christ in the Eucharist and being coherent in a policy that defends and protects Him from sacrilege.
We know that to profane means to “treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt.”
On the other hand, the bishops say they are pursuing a coherent policy on the Eucharist, which suggests that there is no unity among them when it comes to the question of defending and protecting the body of Christ from those who defiantly profane the sacrament.
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(CNSNews.com) - Archbishop Charles Chaput, the retired archbishop of Philadelphia, published an article in First Things in December saying that President-elect Joe Biden “should not receive communion.
“When bishops publicly announce their willingness to give Communion to Mr. Biden, without clearly teaching the gravity of his facilitating the evil of abortion (and his approval of same-sex relationships), they do a serious disservice to their brother bishops and their people,” wrote Archbishop Chaput.
“The reason is obvious,” he said. “By his actions during the course of his public life, Mr. Biden has demonstrated that he is not in full communion with the Catholic Church.”
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As President-elect Joe Biden prepares his government, the bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States face a new challenge: a Catholic president who will publicly oppose his Church on fundamental moral issues including life, marriage and family, and religious liberty.
Biden is neither the first Catholic president, nor the first one to disagree with the Church on policy. But in President John F. Kennedy’s day, the issues were categorically different. Kennedy disagreed with bishops on matters that were open to prudential judgement. Biden, on the other hand, has broken with the Church on issues that are non-negotiable and foundational. This is a crisis for the common good of our society, and a particular crisis for the bishops, who have a prophetic mission to lead the faithful to the truth of the human person.