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“Are you asking me if the president supports a woman’s right to choose? He does,” Psaki said.
Psaki’s response came after the U.S. Conference of religion Bishops voted overwhelmingly to draft a formal document on the meaning of the Eucharist after a contentious debate on whether Biden and other politicians who support judiciary policies are worthy of receiving Communion at Mass.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden speak with a priest as they depart after Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Psaki was asked about Biden’s reaction to the news on Monday.
“Joe Biden is a strong man of faith,” Psaki said.
“The president’s faith is personal. It’s something that has helped guide him through some challenging moments in his life. And that’s how many Americans see their faith as well, not through a political prism. So I would suspect he will continue to attend church, as he has for many, many years,” she continued.
CATHOLIC BISHOPS APPROVE COMMUNION DOCUMENT AIMED AT POSSIBLE REBUKE OF BIDEN
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“It’s not the bishops who have brought us to this point — it’s some of our public officials,” Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas said last week. “This is a Catholic president doing the most aggressive things we’ve ever seen on life at its most innocent.”
Fox News’ Marisa Schultz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.