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President Biden said Pope Francis told him he should keep receiving communion. Some U.S. bishops want to deny it to him over abortion rights.

Friday, October 29, 2021 11:42 AM EST

The unexpected development appeared to put a papal finger on the scale in a debate raging in the United States' Roman Catholic Church over whether the president and other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied the sacrament.

Mr. Biden said the issue of abortion had not come up during his meeting with the pope.

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