Posted on 05/20/2022 12:16:20 PM PDT by mgstarr
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving the Eucharist in the Archdiocese of San Francisco because of her efforts to codify federal protection for abortions, according to a May 20 statement from Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
“I must make a public declaration that [Pelosi] is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion ‘rights’ and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance. I have accordingly sent her a Notification to this effect, which I have now made public,” Cordileone wrote in a letter released Friday.
The archbishop’s move came as Pelosi and other Democratic politicians have amplified calls to federally protect or fund access to abortion, amid widespread expectation that the Supreme Court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade.
Pelosi, Speaker of the House since 2019, represents California’s 12th Congressional District, which sits entirely within the city of San Francisco. The Congresswoman is a Catholic, and has often cited her Catholic faith as a formative element of her political worldview.
“That is why I communicated my concerns to you via letter on April 7, 2022, and informed you there that, should you not publicly repudiate your advocacy for abortion ‘rights’ or else refrain from referring to your Catholic faith in public and receiving Holy Communion, I would have no choice but to make a declaration, in keeping with canon 915, that you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
“The time has now come,” Cordileone wrote.
“You are not to be admitted to Holy Communion until such time as you publicly repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of penance.”
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Now Biden and any other Roman Catholic in office....
So, who caves first, the Catholic Church or Pelosi?
If she ever took the sacrament it was strictly for the optics.
Not that it will change anything, but Holy Cow! Some actually holding public officials accountable.
This should have happened to every pro abortion politician years ago.
Would be good to see this start a domino effect.
The Speaker of the House and the President are two offices that hold immense power and stature..
Not the two people, but the offices..
Rome isn’t really Pro Life at that level, it’s Pro Catholic..
And that means Pro Pelosi and Pro Biden..
When that changes, the church might relieve itself of some of its hypocrisy..
I never understand the pro-abortion Catholic politicians.
They say, that their religion is against abortion, and sometimes that they personally oppose abortion, but then go on to say, that they oppose laws which would impose their religious values on people.
That’s somewhat selective isn’t it? Any religion which honor the 10 Commandments proscribe murder. Our civil laws criminalize murder. Would any person say their religion opposes murder, but they oppose imposing that religious view in our secular laws?
B. We don't need a priest's blessing to touch Jesus. God didn't give our fellow man that kind of power over us. Jesus Himself said that anybody who asks God for His Spirit gets Him.
Wow. I am very shocked. I hope this evil old crone has some reckoning to do with her dark soul, in her last days. It’s a coming Nancy. All the power in the world will not help you.
About time!
Not soon enough.....
Doesn’t matter some priest or another will disobey this directive... guaranteed... sadly
Yep. Better late than never. It does muddy the water a bit, about how obviously un-repentent one has to be in order to be noticed by church leadership.
WHOA boy. Now we will se even more evil vitriol spewed forth from that demon woman.
I call it BS!
She’s been running around lately acting like abortion is the sacrament. Wonder how many abortions she has had?
Heard about this type disallowance the other day with several politicians and/or bishops speaking on it, I guess.
So, it’s about time the Catholic Church calls out these politicos on their counter-Catholic stances and punishes them.
Next, the regular people who adhere to this garbage.
Waiting for MY Senatorial dolt, Bobby Casey, Jr of PA.
His father was pro-life, The Demons wouldn’t let him speak at their convention.
Way to go dolt. Your father (presumably in heaven) will be so proud of you.
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