Leftwing Groups Call for Removal of Archbishop Who Admonished Joe Biden for Abortion PoliciesDr. Susan Berry 31 Mar 2021
An open letter penned by the leftwing groups known as Faith in Public Life (FPL) and Faithful America has called for the removal of Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, as chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee after Naumann said President Joe Biden should stop professing to be a “devout†Catholic.
Nearly 20,000 people have signed onto the petition published by the two liberal groups at Action Network. The letter features a photo of Biden shaking hands with Pope Francis.
The groups rebuked Naumann (pictured) for stating during an interview with Catholic World Report in February:
The president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching. It would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching.
As Breitbart News reported, FPL is a “George Soros-funded group†that, in May 2020, posted an online letter criticizing Cardinal Timothy Dolan and other bishops for participating in a phone conference with former President Donald Trump. In its letter, FPL was insistent Trump is “not pro-life.â€
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