Denying Communion to Biden Won't Solve Our Problems

The U.S. bishops will soon gather in Baltimore to discuss a document on the Eucharist for the United States. As this meeting approaches, much of the media’s focus will return to the possible denial of the Eucharist to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. because of his support of legal abortion. I am not a bishop, but I find it unlikely that this document will address the Biden controversy. Bishops in the United States are aware of the nuances of canon law. Only the local ordinary can decide if President Biden is able to receive the Eucharist, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington has stated publicly that he can.