Last week, Joe Biden came under heavy criticism for making the sign of the cross during an abortion rally. He was soundly condemned on social media after essentially giving his blessing to killing babies in abortions.
Now, a Catholic bishop from Spain has joined in the criticism.
José Ignacio Munilla, the bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, called Biden’s gesture a “sacrilege.”
As the Catholic News Agency reports:
On his weekday radio program on Radio María España, Munilla said that making the sign of the cross in support of abortion constitutes a “sacrilegious” gesture and “the desecration of the sign of the cross.”
“Invoking Jesus Christ in support of abortion” has drawn strong criticism “in many pro-life and Catholic circles,” the bishop pointed out.
Crossing oneself, Munilla said, is meant to be used as a sign “in which we remember that Jesus gave his life for us, he gave his life for all the innocents, he gave his life to restore innocence and to make us saints.”
To use the sign of the cross as Biden did, however, is to “invoke the cross in a sacrilegious manner.”
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Referring to the incident, the Spanish prelate warned of the risk that a Catholic might publicly show his faith by crossing himself while at the same time twisting its meaning “in a sacrilegious manner.”
Biden made the Sign of the Cross in response to pro-abortion comments made by Democrat Nikki Fried, who was standing next to Biden. The gesture came while Biden was listening to Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried slam her state’s pro-life law.
“And then we come back here to [the] state of Florida,” Fried said, as Biden stood next to her. Behind the two Democrats was a backdrop of Biden/Harris 2024 campaign signs.
“Where … 15 weeks wasn’t good enough so we had to go to six weeks,” Fried said, referring to the gestational limit up until abortion is allowed under state law.
As soon as Fried said “wasn’t good enough,” Biden began to make a slow sign of the cross.
