Letter to the editor: Church has right, duty to excommunicate Biden

As I sit here thinking about America’s precious Fourth of July and what our forefathers went through to make it so, I am reminded of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence which begins with the following:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Unalienable rights, “impossible to take away or give up.” Or so we think. Our “elected officials” have done their best to deprive us of these God-given rights, especially the right to life, from which flows other rights. With the right to life we are given the most basic fundamental right which separates us from the animal kingdom, the right of free will. Free will offers us the option to choose to do what is right or wrong as seen from the eyes of God.

The Roman Catholic Church, as the largest Christian denomination in the world, has, by its history, taken the leadership role in presenting the truths of sacred Scripture as they were handed down from our savior Jesus Christ and his apostles.

One of the cornerstone doctrines of the church is that all life is sacred, that the intentional destruction, murder or condoning of such behavior is a mortal sin. Because of President Biden’s open and public support for abortion rights, it is my opinion that the church has the God-given right and duty to deny him fellowship and Holy Communion, i.e., excommunicate him.

Joseph Krill

Murrysville