Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion

Joe Biden said that Pope Francis told him during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday that he should keep receiving communion even as some church officials at home seek to punish him for his political beliefs.

“We just talked about the fact he was happy that I was a good Catholic and I should keep receiving communion,” Biden told reporters after the meeting, which he described as a private conversation. Biden, the second U.S. Catholic president, said that the issue of abortion didn’t come up during the meeting with Francis.

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