As some members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have pushed for President Joe Biden to be denied communion due to his support of legalizing abortion and making it more readily available, several politicians are threatening the church with retribution.
Churches are designated as charitable organizations under the law, generally giving them tax-exempt status.
It's also not as though this stance from the Catholic Church is anything new.
Will Congress vote to punish the church for its actions?
Catechism 2272 of the Catholic Church says, "Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life." The church, by its governing documents, is certainly permitted to deny Biden communion, and under established tax laws, it seems the United States government shouldn't be able to interfere.
This amount of support for such an authoritarian course of action in the United States is not only surprising but frightening, especially considering the sheer number of Americans who rely on the Catholic Church for basic necessities.
Millions of Americans rely on Catholic Charities for food and shelter, yet congressmen and women like Huffman are all too willing to cut them off for nothing more than misguided virtue.
https://www.westernjournal.com/house-dem-suggests-punishing-catholic-church-biden-denied-communion/
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