Biden Should Follow His Catholic Faith

 In my continuing focus on the culture, the Epoch Times reports that a Catholic Archbishop has called on Biden to stop defining himself as a devot Cahtolic over his pro abortion stance.

President Joe Biden needs to acknowledge that his support for abortion contradicts his Catholic faith, Kansas City Archbishop Joseph Naumannn said in a recent interview.

The archbishop, who serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, discussed Biden’s Catholic faith during a February interview with the Catholic World Report.

Media outlets and reporters frequently describe Biden as a devout Catholic, though Biden has drawn criticism for supporting and advocating for policies that the Catholic Church explicitly opposes. Naumann suggested that Biden himself should take a more “honest” approach to his faith.

The practice of abortion in its various forms was often practiced in the ancient world. Usually, unwanted babies were left exposed to die. They were also killed in ceremonies of fertility rites. Indeed, it is often thought that the story of Abraham obediently preparing to sacrifice his only son Isaac, then at the last minute being ordered by the Angel not to do it, and instead substituting a ram was to teach the Israelite people not to sacrifice their own children. In any case, the practice would continue in other parts of the world until Christ came into the world.

Christians recognized the killing of babies as murder, and as they gained in numbers, slowly changed the laws throughout the Christian world.  The Supreme Court in their ruling in Roe v. Wade made a terrible mistake, and set the abortion debate back many centuries.

I recognize that there will inevitably be young women and girls who get pregnant.  It is the way of the world.  But there are more compassionate ways to deal with the pregnancy than to murder the unborn child.  Just as we now have safe houses for battered women, surely we could again have safe houses for unwed mothers.  Of course, many women today who seek an abortion are drug addicted, and probably have been ensnared by the sex trades.  This complicates the situation, but calls for even greater compassion.  Remember that every life is unique and has worth.