Hello, I’m on the journey of returning to the Catholic faith. And I was married outside of the church, and t has come to my attention that I cannot receive communion.
After hearing this, I noticed on the news that the president is considered a good Catholic. Yet he supports abortion rights, and other aspects that are not accepted in the church.
So my question is : I’m told communion is a no-no unless my wife agrees to marry in the church. But the president supports things that are clearly not in line with church teachings, yet he is able to receive communion and be in good standing.
How can this double standard be explained?

Hello mercury!

In short, Biden is not a Catholic, he's a heretic and heresy separates one from the Church.



The reason antipope Francis reportedly called him a good Catholic is because he is also a heretic.



You can view some of the many outrageous heresies of antipope Francis here:

This will probably be quite shocking but in the 1960s with the Second Vatican Council a new religion of man was created which is presented as Catholicism but is in fact the prophesied counter-Church, as Our Lady of La Salette said: Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.

Regarding the requirements for receiving the Eucharist, only Catholics in the state of grace can receive. Catholics having relations with someone other than their spouse are committing the mortal sin of adultery which merits them Hell and to receive the Body of Christ in that state of separation from God is sacrilegious and an additional mortal sin.

You have a lot to look into. If you don't already you should definitely start praying the rosary daily for the light of truth.

Hello, I’m on the journey of returning to the Catholic faith. And I was married outside of the church, and t has come to my attention that I cannot receive communion.
After hearing this, I noticed on the news that the president is considered a good Catholic. Yet he supports abortion rights, and other aspects that are not accepted in the church.
So my question is : I’m told communion is a no-no unless my wife agrees to marry in the church. But the president supports things that are clearly not in line with church teachings, yet he is able to receive communion and be in good standing.
How can this double standard be explained?

Welcome, mercury7! The process is called convalidation (or sometimes sanation, depending on the personal details of each situation). Here's a thread to start reading: https://www.cathinfo.com/catholic-living-in-the-modern-world/are-people-married-in-non-catholic-ceremonies-really-married/

As for Biden, Peℓσѕι, and all the rest of those public CINOs (Catholics in Name Only), never mind any of that nonsense. Those people are not role models in any way but are guilty instead of what is known in traditional Catholicism as giving scandal.

Another reason to ignore Biden & Co. is that, generally speaking, each Catholic (after reaching the age of reason at around 7 or so) is fully and individually responsible for one's own soul, regardless of what others around us do. However, sacramental Catholic marriage is unique because what the two spouses essentially vow to do is to help each other get to Heaven. A good traditional priest can explain this further. Yet without that Sacrament (and all its prerequisites, including a solid and thorough Confession), as things stand you and your wife are not spiritually equipped to do that for each other in your daily lives together.

So sit her down and talk clearly and honestly about it, if you haven't already. There are variables in how exactly convalidation happens, in part depending on her background such as whether she was baptized in the proper Trinitarian form. Long story short, this will require some span of time living as "brother and sister", obviously something she will need to accept.

Do persevere on your journey back, it will be the most worthwhile thing you'll have done.