The Catholic bishop of Tyler, Texas, denounced President Joe Biden's "fake Catholicism" and called on the Vatican to weigh in after the president said Pope Francis and some bishops did not oppose taxpayer funding for abortion.
Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.
"He followed the path of Joseph. A believer in dreams, in the divinity they carry, in the promise they hold. And like John the Baptist, he prepared us for the greater hope ahead, one who came to bear witness to the light," Biden said of Dr. King.
Fewer than 10% of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as high or very high, making legislators fall behind car salespeople and only above telemarketers on a list of almost 20 professions.