
Joe Biden: When ‘The Last Hurrah’ Met Catholic Lite
COMMENTARY: I would like to feel pity for the now-former president, but that’s a steep climb.
COMMENTARY: I would like to feel pity for the now-former president, but that’s a steep climb.
ANALYSIS: The new president came across as measured, serious and confident, but not in his typical braggadocious way — at least not by Trumpian standards.
COMMENTARY: No one has harmed freedom of religion in the United States more than the country’s second Catholic president.
Biden last met with Pope Francis in June of last year where the two discussed foreign policy in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine as well as climate change.
COMMENTARY: A president’s choice of farewell is often more about symbolism than substance — a final effort to underscore priorities and help shape the narrative of a legacy.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes presided over the service.
The commutations come after significant campaigns from Catholic advocates who urged the president to issue broad clemency in the waning days of his administration.
Biden is also set to meet with Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella, and Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni during his visit.
“Someone who truly had the ‘moral compass of a saint’ would condemn abortion as murder instead of supporting it enthusiastically as Vice President Harris does,” Catholic philosopher Edward Feser said.
EDITORIAL: The continuing scandal of a sitting Catholic president who has continually claimed to be devoutly committed to his faith, yet who has ceaselessly promoted abortion throughout his presidency as his highest political priority, will soon come to an end.
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