Washington D.C., Mar 2, 2022 / 13:24 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden (D), a Catholic, declined to discuss why he supports abortion rights despite Church teaching prior to boarding Marine One ahead of a flight to Duluth on Wednesday, March 2.
"I don't want to get into a debate with you about theology,” said Biden, after being asked by EWTN Correspondent Owen Jensen about how he is able to reconcile his Catholic faith with his public support of abortion. “I’m not going to make a judgment for other people.”
Today, Ash Wednesday, I asked President Biden why he supports abortion as a Catholic. @EWTNNewsNightly @EWTN @SBAList pic.twitter.com/WZrS1R1mCR
— Owen Jensen (@owentjensen) March 2, 2022
Biden, who was wearing an ash cross on his forehead, said that he had met with Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, his bishop, earlier in the morning and received ashes then.