Biden Is NOT A 'Catholic In Good Standing!'

 Cardinal Raymond Burke, on Vatican's highest court, says Biden is “not a Catholic in good standing" due to promotion of abortion.

Joe Biden “is not a Catholic in good standing and he should not approach to receive Holy Communion,” said Cardinal Burke, who was ordained a bishop by Pope St. John Paul II. The cardinal is forthright and direct in his assessment of Biden -- a candidate who frequently makes reference to his Catholic faith.

“This is not a political statement, I don’t intend to get involved in recommending any candidate for office,” said Burke, who explained that  "a Catholic may not support abortion in any shape or form because it is one of the most grievous sins against human life, and has always been considered to be intrinsically evil, and therefore to in any way support the act is a mortal sin.”

Biden “has not only been actively supporting procured abortion in our country but has announced publicly in his campaign that he intends to make the practice of procured abortion available to everyone in the widest possible form and to repeal the restrictions on this practice which have been put in place,” said the cardinal.

More from Cardinal Burke:

"I would tell him [Biden] not to approach Holy Communion out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege, and a danger to the salvation of his own soul.

“But also he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, ‘Well, I’m a devout Catholic’ and at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it’s acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion and, of course, it’s absolutely not acceptable.

“It never has been, it never will be.

“If people were perhaps questioning in their mind about abortion, and they see this man who pronounces himself to be a devout and he’s promoting abortion in the strongest possible way, this leads people into error, thinking, ‘well it must be morally acceptable to commit abortion,’ and so the person then bears responsibility — not only the person who gives the scandal, not only for his own wrong actions in supporting abortion but also for leading others into thinking that abortion is acceptable.

“I can’t imagine that any Catholic wouldn’t know that abortion is a grievous sin. But if they don’t, once they’ve been told, then they either have to cease to support abortion or accept the fact they are not a Catholic in good standing and therefore should not present themselves for Holy Communion."