OPINION:
“Prayer breakfast gives Biden fresh chance to call for unity” (web, Feb. 4) identifies President Biden as “the nation’s second Catholic president.” I would argue that Mr. Biden is more accurately identified as a Catholic-apostate president because he has renounced church teachings.
In his Jan. 20 inauguration speech, Mr. Biden referred to St. Anthony, whom the Roman Catholic Church honors as a doctor of the church, as “a saint in my church.” This, of course, is not the first time Mr. Biden has made mention of his Catholic religious affiliation in public remarks. But despite his claiming to be a Catholic, Mr. Biden has publicly rejected the church’s teaching that “human life must be respected and protected from the moment of conception.” He’s also rejected the church’s affirmation of “the moral evil of every procured abortion” (see Article 5 of “Catechism of the Catholic Church”). In fact, the day after his inauguration, Mr. Biden issued a statement commemorating the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion in the U.S.
On Jan. 28, Mr. Biden issued an executive order allowing public funds to go to global organizations performing abortions. In it, he frequently substituted “sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights” for the word “abortion.” Sadly, the prenatal infant was accorded no “rights” by this Catholic-apostate president.
JEANNE SPAETH
Ashland, Wisc.
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