{"id":9245,"date":"2021-03-30T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:55:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:08","slug":"u-s-catholics-divided-by-party-on-whether-biden-should-be-denied-communion-over-his-abortion-stance","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/30\/u-s-catholics-divided-by-party-on-whether-biden-should-be-denied-communion-over-his-abortion-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Catholics divided by party on whether Biden should be denied Communion over his abortion stance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden\u2019s support of abortion rights has prompted some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/joe-biden-charles-chaput-communion-catholic-20201207.html\">Catholic clergy<\/a> to argue that he should be denied Holy Communion. And while the majority of U.S. Catholics disagree, their opinions are sharply divided along party lines, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/03\/30\/most-democrats-and-republicans-know-biden-is-catholic-but-they-differ-sharply-about-how-religious-he-is\/\">a new Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among U.S. Catholic adults overall, 67% say Biden should be allowed to receive Communion during Mass, while 29% say the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/01\/20\/biden-only-second-catholic-president-but-nearly-all-have-been-christians-2\/\">second Catholic president<\/a> should not be allowed to do this. However, among Catholics who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, a slim majority (55%) say Biden\u2019s abortion stance should disqualify him from receiving Communion, compared with just 11% of Catholic Democrats and Democratic leaners who say the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16561\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/30\/u-s-catholics-divided-by-party-on-whether-biden-should-be-denied-communion-over-his-abortion-stance\/ft_2021-03-30_bidencommunion_03-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ddd8d8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ddd8d8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?resize=480,240 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?resize=782,391 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?resize=960,480 960w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?resize=1200,600 1200w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?resize=1280,640 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"320\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_03.png?w=640\" alt=\"Most U.S. Catholics think Biden's abortion views should not disqualify him from Communion\" class=\"wp-image-16561 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"is-style-alternate wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this survey to explore Catholic attitudes about whether Catholic politicians \u2013 including Joe Biden \u2013 should be barred from receiving Communion if they disagree with the Catholic Church\u2019s teachings about a variety of political issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center surveyed 12,055 U.S. adults (including 2,492 Catholics) from March 1 to 7, 2021. All respondents are part of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education, religious affiliation and other categories. For more, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/u-s-survey-research\/american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/03\/30\/methodology-39\">the methodology for this report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/PF_03.30.21.biden_.religion.topline.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> in this report, along with responses. <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Communion, also known as the Eucharist, is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/list\/the-seven-sacraments-of-the-roman-catholic-church\">seven Catholic sacraments<\/a>; others include baptism, confession and marriage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ccc_css\/archive\/catechism\/p2s2c1a3.htm\">Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/a> calls the Eucharist \u201cthe source and summit of the Christian life,\u201d and the church teaches that when the bread and wine of the Eucharist are consecrated by an ordained priest, they, \u201cby the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ\u2019s Body and Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: For the latest data on abortion, read our 2022 report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2022\/05\/06\/americas-abortion-quandary\/\">America\u2019s Abortion Quandary<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/the-mass\/order-of-mass\/liturgy-of-the-eucharist\/guidelines-for-the-reception-of-communion\">Catholic Church teaches<\/a> that Christians \u201cwith whom we are not yet fully united\u201d and Catholics who are \u201cconscious of grave sin\u201d should not receive Communion. The church also teaches that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\">every procured abortion<\/a>\u201d is a \u201cmoral evil.\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-roe-v-wade-law-land-supreme-court-supporters\/\">has said<\/a> he supports Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a woman\u2019s right to an abortion. This tension, while not new, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2021\/bishops-decry-executive-order-promotes-abortion-overseas\">intensified<\/a> since Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2021\/01\/20\/usccb-bishops-gomez-inauguration-statement-biden-abortion\/\">became president<\/a>, and a committee of U.S. bishops may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/politics\/bishops-working-group-biden-disbanded-doctrine-committee-address-communion\">produce a document<\/a> on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16557\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/30\/u-s-catholics-divided-by-party-on-whether-biden-should-be-denied-communion-over-his-abortion-stance\/ft_2021-03-30_bidencommunion_01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e2e2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e2e2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_01.png?resize=480,912 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_01.png?resize=782,1486 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_01.png?resize=840,1596 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"798\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_01.png?w=420\" alt=\"Half of Catholic Republicans say politicians who disagree with church about abortion should not get Communion; fewer say the same about other issues\" class=\"wp-image-16557 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public figures\u2019 eligibility for Communion has <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2004\/08\/24\/gop-the-religion-friendly-party\/\">long been debated in the United States<\/a>, and the new survey also asked respondents a general question about whether Catholic politicians whose positions conflict with the church\u2019s teachings about four particular issues \u2013 abortion, homosexuality, the death penalty and immigration \u2013 should be allowed to receive Communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among U.S. Catholics overall, 29% say that Catholic political figures who disagree with the church about abortion should be disqualified from the Eucharist. Fewer say this should be the case for politicians whose positions conflict with the church over homosexuality (19%) or the death penalty (18%), and just 9% say this about Catholic politicians who don\u2019t align with the church\u2019s teachings on immigration.<br><br>The church opposes the death penalty; Pope Francis recently revised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P7Z.HTM\">a section of the Catechism<\/a> to say that capital punishment is \u201cinadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.\u201d On immigration, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/human-life-and-dignity\/immigration\/churchteachingonimmigrationreform\">church teaches<\/a> that people have a right to migrate to sustain their lives, and that while countries have a right to control their borders, the \u201cmore prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin.\u201d The church also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/committees\/promotion-defense-marriage\/faqs-meaning-marriage-sexual-difference\">opposes same-sex marriage<\/a>, and while the Catechism says that people who have \u201chomosexual tendencies \u2026 must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity,\u201d it also says that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ccc_css\/archive\/catechism\/p3s2c2a6.htm\">\u201chomosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On abortion and homosexuality, two issues on which Catholic teaching might be described as \u201cconservative\u201d within the U.S. political context, the survey again reveals sharp partisan divides. Roughly half of Catholic Republicans (49%) say politicians who support legal abortion should not be able to receive Communion, while just 15% of Catholic Democrats agree. And three-in-ten Catholic Republicans say politicians should be barred from Communion if their positions conflict with the church\u2019s teachings on homosexuality, compared with just 12% of Catholic Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when it comes to the death penalty and immigration \u2013 where Catholic teaching is more \u201cliberal\u201d on the political spectrum \u2013 Republican and Democratic Catholics are largely united around the idea that politicians who disagree with the church\u2019s teaching should not be disqualified from receiving Communion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On some of these questions, there are differences in views by frequency of Mass attendance. For example, U.S. Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly are more likely than those who attend less often to say Biden\u2019s views about abortion should disqualify him from receiving the Eucharist (40% vs. 25%), and that politicians in general who support abortion rights should be disqualified from doing so (42% vs. 24%). Weekly Mass attenders also are more inclined than other Catholics to say that politicians who disagree with the church over homosexuality (27% vs. 16%) and the death penalty (22% vs. 15%) should be barred from the Eucharist. There is no such gap when it comes to immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16551\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/30\/u-s-catholics-divided-by-party-on-whether-biden-should-be-denied-communion-over-his-abortion-stance\/ft_2021-03-30_bidencommunion_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eaeaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eaeaea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_02.png?resize=480,545 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_02.png?resize=782,888 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_02.png?resize=840,954 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"477\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.30_bidencommunion_02.png?w=420\" alt=\"Seven-in-ten Catholic Democrats say Catholic politicians should be allowed to go to Communion even if they disagree with church on variety of issues\" class=\"wp-image-16551 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, seven-in-ten Catholic Democrats believe that Catholic politicians who disagree with the church about any of the four issues raised by the survey should still be allowed to receive Communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By contrast, most Republicans think it <em>should<\/em> be disqualifying if a Catholic politician disagrees with the church on at least one of these issues. This includes 18% of Catholic Republicans who think abortion is the sole issue that should be a litmus test for receiving Communion, along with 17% of Republicans who name both abortion and one other issue (usually homosexuality). An additional 14% of Catholic Republicans say that three or four of these issues should be grounds for disqualifying Catholic politicians from receiving Communion in the event of a disagreement with the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/PF_03.30.21.biden_.religion.topline.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> in this report, along with responses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/03\/30\/methodology-39\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>67% of U.S. Catholics say Joe Biden should be allowed to receive Communion during Mass, while 29% say he should not be allowed to do 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