I don’t consider President Joe Biden to be a true Catholic.
I grew up in the Catholic Church, which you may have guessed by my very Irish surname. Admittedly, some things about the Church are still a mystery to me. I’m no Biblical scholar, and I can’t detail every Catholic ritual. I’m rather unremarkable in being especially ‘good’ at any form of Christianity, often half-jokingly saying, “I expect to be in Heaven, just with really bad seats.”
I wouldn’t disqualify anyone as a person of faith based on sinful actions, I expect imperfection. That doesn’t mean they are not a believer. So, what does make one “a believer,” exactly?
Well, their beliefs.
The part of the faith that is clear to me is the beliefs required to be a Catholic. Very simply, if an individual does not believe the ideas in the Apostles’ Creed or Nicene Creed, then they don’t believe what Catholics believe. And,…
