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By Daniel Burke
\nReligion News Service<\/strong>
\nWASHINGTON (RNS) Several leading U.S. Catholic bishops are publicly rebuking Sen. Joe Biden, accusing the Democratic vice presidential nominee of voicing “flawed moral reasoning” on abortion.
\nThe criticism comes soon after nearly a dozen U.S. bishops castigated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for saying abortion continues to be an “issue of controversy” in the Catholic Church.
\nBoth Democrats’ comments came on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
\nBiden said on Sunday (Sept. 7) that “I’m prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at conception.” But, he added, “for me to impose that judgment on others is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.”
\nThe Delaware senator also cited St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Catholic theologian, on when a developing fetus obtains a soul.
\nWashington Archbishop Donald Wuerl said on Tuesday that “when life begins is not a matter of faith, but a matter of science.” He also said Aquinas opposed abortion.
\n“Defense of innocent human life is not an imposition of personal religious conviction but an act of justice,” Wuerl said.
\nCardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., also criticized Biden in a joint statement.
\n“The senator’s claim that the beginning of human life is a `personal and private’ matter of religious faith, one which cannot be `imposed’ on others, does not reflect Catholic teaching,” they said.
\nArchbishop Charles Chaput of Denver concurred.
\n“Real pluralism thrives on healthy, nonviolent disagreement,” Chaput said. “It requires an environment where people of conviction will struggle respectfully but vigorously to advance their views.”
\nChaput also said “Meet the Press” has become an unlikely “national window on the flawed moral reasoning of some Catholic public servants.”
\nBiden’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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