Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, made a video statement on Thursday calling out President Joe Biden for making the Sign of the Cross at a recent pro-abortion event.
“Last month on April 23, Biden compounded his support for the sin of abortion by making the Sign of the Cross during an abortion rally in Tampa, FL,” Paprocki said. “Making the Sign of the Cross is one of the most profound gestures a Catholic can make in showing reverence for Christ’s death on the Cross and belief in the Holy Trinity.”
“To misuse this sacred death is to make a mockery of our Catholic faith,” the bishop added.
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In the same video, Paprocki quoted Spanish Archbishop José Ignacio Munilla, who had blasted Biden’s “sacrilegious gesture” during a show on Radio María España.
“Bishop Munilla said that crossing oneself is meant to be used as a sign in which we remember that Jesus gave his life for us,” Paprocki said, and quoted Munilla: “He gave his life for all the innocents. He gave his life to restore innocence and to make us saints.”
“To use the sign of the Cross as Biden did, however, is to invoke the Cross in a sacrilegious manner,” Paprocki pointed out. “I fully support Bishop Munilla and agree with what he said.”
Paprocki then cited Paragraph 2120 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which defines sacrilege as “profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions as well as persons, things, or places, constituted to God.”
“Sacrilege is a grave sin,” Paprocki said.
Paprocki also referenced Cardinal Wilton Gregory’s late March appearance on CBS, where the archbishop of Washington, DC, called Biden a “cafeteria Catholic … especially in terms of the life issues.”
Paprocki added: “I fully support Cardinal Gregory and agree with what he said.”
LifeNews Note: Joshua Mercer writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.
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Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, made a video statement on Thursday calling out President Joe Biden for making the Sign of the Cross at a recent pro-abortion event. “Last month on April 23, Biden compounded his support for the sin of abortion by making the Sign of the Cross during an […]
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