By Jon Brown
Fox News
October 24, 2021
President Biden is slated to meet with Pope Francis for his first time as president next Friday, just weeks before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will convene in part to draft a document guiding bishops regarding whether politicians who support abortion should be barred from Communion.
The USCCB over the summer voted overwhelmingly to draft a formal document on the meaning of the Eucharist after a contentious debate on whether Roman Catholic politicians who support policies that oppose church teaching should receive the sacrament. The vote tally announced was 168 bishops in favor, 55 opposed, and six bishops abstaining.
Any document that the bishops adopt when they convene in Baltimore next month is unlikely to mention Biden or any other politician by name.