Originally published at The Catholic Thing
In both Canada and the United States, we have Catholic “statesmen” (I use the term almost facetiously) retiring after many years of “service” (ditto). They are Mr. Justin Trudeau, up here in the Great White North, and Mr. Joe Biden, down there in the. . .south.
Both became extremely unpopular, and “good riddance” has been expressed pretty much across the spectrum of opinion. Yet curiously, neither experienced a spot of trouble for being a Catholic, or at least, telling us that he was.
Indeed, Mr. Biden sometimes entered churches, wore ash on Ash Wednesday, and, I’m told, sported pocket string beads sometimes described as “a Rosary.” He proclaimed himself a very devout Catholic, while collecting a few votes for it. He also declared himself a devoted supporter of the woman’s “right” to abort her children.
In this respect he was just like Trudeau, another public feminist, and an enthusiast for abortions.
Both were supporters of men who surgically “transitioned” into women, and women who surgically “transitioned” into men, including children against their parents’ wishes.
They were “post-“ in several ways. Mr. Trudeau liked to claim that he was “post-nationalist,” and a friend to all “peoplekind.” Mr. Biden mixed his disgendering
