If the traditional Sunday morning Eucharist service is not possible because of his schedule, he will receive the sacrament on Saturday evening as permitted by the Roman Catholic church. But not everybody in the Catholic church in America is quite so keen on Biden receiving communion. President Joe Biden speaks with a priest outside St Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, in Wilmington, Delaware, on 30 May 2021. The Catholic church says that Catholics in public life should uphold principles consistent with its doctrine. “This culture war … is not the church of mercy and encounter that Pope Francis is trying to offer the world.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2021 06:56 UTC