Our Very Catholic President – The Weekly Dish

Which means, of course, that denying Biden communion would be the worst possible move by the American Catholic bishops. Biden is imperfect, he is flawed, and he has advanced what I think are ugly ideologies. But in my view, he has done so with good intentions and in good faith. And communion, under Pope Francis, is not a reward for saints but bread for sinners ; and no one should be barred from the Lord s banquet. Least of all a man so deeply formed by faith, so clearly motivated by the common good, and so indelibly a survivor of the profoundest suffering to witness the death of your own children. I see something of God s providence in the emergence of this unlikely and rather ordinary man, in the wake of an unhinged pagan who violated every single Christian commandment and concept every single day.

This Catholic heart is Biden s secret weapon. Not Catholic dogma; but the Catholic heart. In my view, he should embrace it as the single thread that unites his presidency. Because it is a thread that has the potential to heal us all. 

via andrewsullivan.substack.com

I don’t really buy this, but it’s a nice try.