Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
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The former vice president responded to convention speakers who took several jabs at how he practices his Catholicism, including former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz who called Biden a “Catholic by name only” on Wednesday.
“I think it’s kind of absurd for a man who’s barely closing the door of a church,” Biden told “Andrea Mitchell Reports” of MSNBC, referring to President Trump
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Biden said he distinguishes his personal beliefs from policies he sets for everyone to implement.
“My private beliefs regarding how I would deal with ecclesiastical doctrine are different from imposing this doctrine on every other person in the world – like decent Christians and Jews and Muslims and Buddhists, etc.,” he said. .
“But the point of the matter is that I’m a practicing Catholic, I’m not proclaiming it, I never miss mass, ”he added. ‘It’s part of who I am. It’s what brings me through the very difficult times in my life, and I believe it very strongly. ”
The Democratic candidate’s religion has been attacked by the president and his campaign since Trump continued his support among evangelical Christians.
Trump took to Twitter last weekend to criticize the Democratic National Convention for take the word “God” from the promise of fidelity.
But the word was said every night for each of the four days, although some speakers did not say it during the meeting of the Muslim delegates and allies and the LGTBQ Caucus meeting, which was not part of the main programming.
Earlier this month, the president also claimed in a speech in Cleveland that Biden is “against God” and “the Bible will hurt.” The former vice president responded later in the day in a statement that he called the criticism “shameful” and said his faith is the “basis of my life.”
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