'A Private Matter': Biden’s Public Clash With His Own Church

As a rule dating back to the election, the reporters who follow the president go everywhere with him but two places: inside his home and inside his church. When Joe Biden goes to Mass at his home parish in Delaware, the press observes from a designated area on the edge of the property, 50 yards away. Peering through the bars of a black wrought-iron fence, they can see the small parking lot where his motorcade arrives -- state troopers first, then the black SUVs. Anyone who strays from the spot is met with surprising speed and firmness by a member of the parish and directed to please return to the perimeter.