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:Biden has said: "I am a long-standing supporter of Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose."  But Biden's own bishop, Bishop Michael Saltarelli of Wilmington, Del., has ... denounced the notion that politicians can 'personally oppose' abortion, but refuse to pass laws protecting the unborn.  He made clear that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should refrain from receiving the Eucharist:
 
:Biden has said: "I am a long-standing supporter of Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose."  But Biden's own bishop, Bishop Michael Saltarelli of Wilmington, Del., has ... denounced the notion that politicians can 'personally oppose' abortion, but refuse to pass laws protecting the unborn.  He made clear that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should refrain from receiving the Eucharist:
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::"The promotion of abortion by any Catholic is a grave and serious matter. Objectively, according to the constant teaching of the Scriptures and the
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::"The promotion of abortion by any Catholic is a grave and serious matter. Objectively, according to the constant teaching of the Scriptures and the Church, it would be more spiritually beneficial for such a person to refrain
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Church, it would be more spiritually beneficial for such a person to refrain
   
from receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.  I ask Catholics in this position
 
from receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.  I ask Catholics in this position
 
to have the integrity to respect the Eucharist, Catholic teaching and the
 
to have the integrity to respect the Eucharist, Catholic teaching and the
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