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Archbishop Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, waded into a similar controversy in 2009 when he said he would not deny House Speaker Nancy Pelosi communion, claiming to do so would amount to “Communion wielded as a weapon.” When asked, he said, “there’s a question about whether this canon [915] was ever intended to be used.”

Sure, that was written into canon law because the Catholic Church has investments in the ink industry!

Their refusal to rebuke Pelosi and other very public figures who show blatant contempt for both the Scripture and the authority of the Church has emboldened LOTS of people to LOTS of sin - including Pelosi etc.

Their eternal souls are being sacrificed for the archbishop to feel comfortable in the here and now. It’s not right. It helps nobody but the devil.

Archbishop Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, waded into a similar controversy in 2009 when he said he would not deny House Speaker Nancy Pelosi communion, claiming to do so would amount to “Communion wielded as a weapon.” When asked, he said, “there’s a question about whether this canon [915] was ever intended to be used.”

well, maybe they need to start talking it over in private with them, because a lot of us are sick and tired of open sinners pretending they are good Catholics.

Some bishops do have guts: Sibelius was blocked from receiving the Eucharist in Kansas after she vetoed a bill against partial birth abortion.

And it's not just in the USA: Good pro abortion catholics receive communion in the USA but here in the Philippines, they are being threatened with not receiving communion if they vote for mandatory birth control in public clinics...

But it's a problem when we see these rich politicians receiving communion when you know they accept Bribes,or buy votes or "off" their political rivals...

after one very violent election in our area, the bishop decided to hold a big prayer meeting during the next election and made all of the candidates sign a pledge against violence...the implicit threat was that they'd be barred from communion and their places of honor during the fiestas if they broke the pledge.