Catholic leaders slap Biden on the wrist for officiating gay wedding

Vice President Joe Biden, a Catholic, presided over the same-sex wedding of two White House staffers on Monday. Via Twitter

By Erin Rook
Sunday, August 7, 2016

On Friday, leaders in the Catholic Church, of which Biden is a member, responded.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a statement online that, while it didn’t mentioned Biden by name, seemed to clearly reprimand the vice-president for the public action opposing the Church’s teachings, Religion News Service reports.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a statement online that, while it didn’t mentioned Biden by name, seemed to clearly reprimand the vice-president for the public action opposing the Church’s teachings, Religion News Service reports.

“When a prominent Catholic politician publicly and voluntarily officiates at a ceremony to solemnize the relationship of two people of the same-sex, confusion arises regarding Catholic teaching on marriage and the corresponding moral obligations of Catholics,” wrote Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The statement was cosigned by Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone and Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski.

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There is no more "confusion" regarding Caholic teaching from this than when a Catholic judge marries two divorced persons. This is a civil act not a religious one.