Ohio Archbishop opposes Catholic University hosting Biden/CNN townhall

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CINCINNATI — If an Ohio Archbishop had his way, he would have shown CNN the door and cancelled a publicized Presidential Townhall hosted at a Catholic institution. While the event did not get the attention of many, the response by the religious leader did.

“Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has not been contacted by any involved party about the upcoming visit of President Joseph R. Biden to Cincinnati to participate in a CNN town hall meeting at Mount St. Joseph University,” the official statement said. “Archbishop Schnurr has therefore not been asked for, nor would he have granted, his approval for any such event to occur on Catholic premises. Mount St. Joseph University operates under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Charity and not under the direct oversight of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.”

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is the 44^th largest Catholic diocese in the country, with more than 440,000 Catholics, and has the fifth-largest Catholic school system in terms of enrollment with more than forty thousand students.  The nineteen-county territory includes 211 parishes and 111 Catholic primary and secondary schools.

Last month U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that will rebuke President Joe Biden and other pro-abortion politicians for receiving Communion despite their support for the practice.

“Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has not been contacted by any involved party about the upcoming visit of President Joseph R. Biden to Cincinnati to participate in a CNN town hall meeting at Mount St. Joseph University. Archbishop Schnurr has therefore not been asked for, nor would he have granted, his approval for any such event to occur on Catholic premises.”

Jennifer Schack, Director of Media Relations for Cincinnati Archdiocese

In response to the teaching document, a sitting Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) suggested repealing the tax-exempt status of the Catholic Church because it is upholding biblical truth.

After getting a record 81 million votes in the disputed 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden’s television ratings for the sparsely-attended CNN town hall finished last among cable news channels. Last month Donald Trump held an outdoor “Save America” rally in Wellington, Ohio with an estimated twenty-thousand in attendance.

During the townhall, Joe Biden said, “I don’t care if you think I’m Satan reincarnated. The fact is, you can’t look at that television and say nothing happened on (January) 6th.”

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Second John says, “Whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.”