Meeting Between Pope Francis and Biden Will Highlight Their Rift With American Bishops

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VATICAN CITY — When Joseph R. Biden Jr. visits the Vatican on Friday, he will be the third American president Francis has met since becoming pope in 2013. Each has marked a distinct phase not only of his papacy, but also of the political upheaval in the United States and in its Roman Catholic church.

President Donald J. Trump, whose Christianity Francis once questioned for his anti-immigrant policies, ushered in a populist era that helped sideline Francis.

Now Mr. Biden, a Catholic who rarely misses Sunday Mass, arrives at a moment when the political polarization in America has seeped deeply into its Catholic church. The president and pope, who share common ground on many issues, have become common targets of powerful conservative American bishops seeking to undercut them.

The most hostile among them, appointed by Francis’ conservative predecessors, have either ignored or resisted the pope’s efforts to reorient the priorities of the church toward inclusion and social justice, and away from culture war issues like abortion and L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/meeting-between-francis-and-biden-will-highlight-their-rift-with-american-bishops/ar-AAQ2TVy

[Bev54]

1. It will only highlight it if the media wants to highlight it.

[hunter]

2. The rift between liberal and fascist Catholics mirrors the rift in U.S.A. politics.

Both men are struggling to deal with similar issues.

Frankly I wish the dirty fascist god would rapture his followers into whatever hell he's preparing for them, leaving the rest of us alone.

[musette_sf]

3. Note to Sal Cordileone:

If you find that your ears are burning on Friday, this is why.

[Scrivener7]

4. "American Bishops' defiance of Pope will be hilighted in meeting between Pope and Biden."

This be my night to rewrite headlines. Because the vast majority of them scream for rewriting.

The Bishops' defiance of the Pope, by the way, is illegal under the rules of Roman Catholicism.