Joe Biden Archives

Biden’s abortion shift tests the politics of his faith
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 17, 2019
Catholic Democrats have often wrestled to reconcile their church’s teachings with their party’s politics. That tension has been especially acute when it comes to abortion.
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No stranger to the Vatican, Biden has a rocky past with US church
- Church in the US, Vatican
- Apr 27, 2019
Now that Joseph Biden has officially tossed his hat into the ring for the Democratic nomination as President of the United States, he’s quickly become his party’s presumptive front-runner and the highest-profile Catholic running for office. However, despite frequent visits to the Vatican in the past, he faces serious hurdles from leaders of the U.S. church.
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Dissent’s just fine, but what Tim Kaine offers is hypocrisy
- Church in the US, Commentary
- Sep 14, 2016
There’s no problem with dissent in Catholicism, which is like a big Italian family, but the hypocrisy of invoking one’s faith to defend positions clearly at odds with Church teaching make politicians such as Tim Kaine, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi hypocrites.
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Philly prelate says both Clinton and Trump have ‘astonishing flaws’

Philadelphia Archbishop says that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have “astonishing flaws” as presidential candidates, a fact he calls “depressing and liberating at the same time” for Catholic voters — liberating, he says, because it’s easier to ignore the “tribal loyalty chants” of both parties.

Joe Biden thanks ‘Nuns on the Bus’ tour for their effort

Church

Sep 18, 2014

DES MOINES, Iowa — “We the people, we the voters” is the theme of the third “Nuns on the Bus” tour, which kicked off Sept. 17 in Des Moines with Vice President Joe Biden thanking the sisters for their effort. The sisters began a 10-state tour promoting voter registration and

Biden, a Catholic school ‘kid,’ praises nuns under fire from the Vatican

Church

Sep 18, 2014

DES MOINES — At a Vatican meeting a few years ago, Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly asked Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for some advice. “You are being entirely too hard on the American nuns,” Mr. Biden offered. “Lighten up.” Last year, Mr. Biden seized on an audience with Pope