Joe “My religion defines who I am” Biden doesn't tithe?

VP Joe Biden described the role of religion in his life at last year's VP debate.

Then Biden gave his answer. “My religion defines who I am,” he assured Americans. “And I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life.”

And it has particularly informed my social doctrine. Catholic social doctrine talks about taking care of those who — who can't take care of themselves, people who need help.

With regard to — with regard to abortion, I accept my church’s position on abortion as a — what we call de fide [dogmatic teaching]. Life begins at conception. That's the church's judgment. I accept it in my personal life.

 

But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews and — I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the congressman.

I — I do not believe that — that we have a right to tell other people that women, they — they can’t control their body. It’s a decision between them and their doctor, in my view. And the Supreme Court — I’m not going to interfere with that.

Now we learn he has only give 1.87 percent of his income to charity.  Catholics are asked to tithe 10%.

Via Weekly Standard:

This year, Joe and Jill Biden increased their charitable donations from 1.5 percent of their income to 1.87 percent.

“The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden also released their 2012 federal income tax returns, as well as state income tax returns for both Delaware and Virginia. The Bidens filed joint federal and combined Delaware income tax returns. Dr. Biden filed a separate non-resident tax return for the state of Virginia. Together, they reported adjusted gross income of $385,072. The Bidens paid $87,851 in total federal tax for 2012. They paid $13,531 in Delaware income tax and $3,593 in Virginia income tax. The Bidens contributed $7,190 to charity in 2012,” writes the White House, summarizing the Bidens’ income tax return.

That means the Bidens donated 1.87 percent of their income to charity.