By Matters India Reporter
New Delhi, Sept 10, 2023: A private Mass was celebrated in a luxury hotel for United States President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic.
The US embassy in the Indian capital requested Father Nicholas Dias, secretary of the liturgy commission of the archdiocese of Delhi, to offer the private Mass with Biden.
Father Dias celebrated the Mass at 9 am on September 9 at Maurya Sheraton Hotel where the US president stayed during the G20 Summit.
President Biden sought divine blessings ahead of the Summit in the Indian capital.
A few Catholics also attended the Mass celebrated in the private room of the president.
President Biden reportedly wanted to receive the Holy Communion before the September 9-10 summit began.
The president also read the intercessory prayers. Father Dias and President Biden also shared about the Catholic faith.
After the Mass that lasted 30 minutes, President Biden gifted Father Dias a seal of the President of the United States- only gifted to special people. The medal number was 261.
Father Dias, a native of Goa, gifted President Biden Bebinca if Indo-Portuguese origin, popular as the queen sweets of the western Indian state.
“I had a packet with me and decided at the last moment to gift to the President,” Father Dias said.
He said the US embassy people came to take him to the embassy. The embassy has already made all the arrangements for the Mass. They kept the number of people at the Mass to the minimum for security reasons.
President Biden’s personal doctor was attended the Mass.
Source: News9live
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Dear Father Nicholas Dias,
As Catholic Priests we are never to deny sacraments to anybody. However, without knowing his stand on Catholic Moral principles you agreed to the request made by the American Embassy to celebrate a private mass for him at his hotel because HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. Do you know that He is diametrically opposed to the basic Catholic Moral Principles? He is a Pro-Abortionist and Gender Theory.
If you celebrated mass for him that is acceptable, may be a channel for him to repent over his stand. However, through the news channel I even came to know that you gave him the Holy Communion; you need to seriously think of the act as a Catholic Priest. He, being the public figure is a pro-abortionist, Gender Theory; causes a great public scandal which is grave in nature. He needs to publicly repent and change his stand on Catholic Moral Principles. Catholic Moral principles do not vary as per person’s status in the society but rather remain same for all the Catholics whether a person is a President or a poor lay catholic.
At the same time, I would like to put forward a question to you that is hereafter if any Catholic asks for the private celebration of sacrament when he is physically fit will you be willing to celebrate them as well. The Eucharist Celebration is a communitarian by nature. It would have been wonderful to invite him to a church with the security to celebrate the mass with the people.
Thank you
It was Really Great To know Father about The Special Mass for #JoeBiden Sir , So Sad To Say, But why the Mass Not In The So Called Holy Place..Church.
Praise Jesus Christ 🙏
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