President Biden Says He’s Leaning on Prayer to Lead Him through the Pandemic

President Joe Biden says his religion is
a “safe place” for him and that he’s
relying on prayer to guide him in his
leadership amid the ongoing pandemic.
“I don’t want to proselytize. My religion,
for me, is a safe place. I never miss
mass, because I can be alone. I mean,
I’m with my family, but just kind of
absorbing the fundamental principle
that you’ve got to treat everyone with
dignity,” Biden, 78, said in a recent
interview with People magazine.
“Jill, when she wants me to get a real
message, she tapes it on the mirror
above the sink where I shave. And she
put up a great quote from [Danish
philosopher] Kierkegaard saying, ‘Faith
sees best in the dark.’ Other people
may meditate. For me, prayer gives me
hope, and it centers me.”
Biden is the second Catholic president
in the history of the United States.
According to The Christian Post ,
American Catholics are somewhat
divided on if they should view Biden as
a model of Catholic faith because of
some of his policies.
In one interview, Rev. Brian Lynch of
Transfiguration Catholic Church in
Minnesota said he was not “impressed”
that Biden was Catholic. Another
pastor, Rev. Kevin Gillespie, of Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown
where Biden attends mass, said Biden
has been “welcomed.”
At debate are many of Biden’s policies.
Most notably, Biden has said he
personally opposes abortion, but he
also says he “has no right to impose
my view on the rest of society.”
In 2019, a South Carolina Catholic
church refused to give Biden
communion because of his stance on
abortion.
“(The abortion issue) is highly
significant, but there is the issue of
poverty, of capital punishment, of war,”
Gillespie said. “There’s other issues
that with the Pope saying — let’s not
get into a cultural war so that we’re
divided, let’s unite and build bridges.”