Posted on 05/02/2021 1:59:19 PM PDT by Marchmain
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has become the latest American bishop to advocate barring Catholic public figures who support abortion rights from communion, as debate on the topic continues to grow since President Joe Biden, the country’s second Catholic president and a pro-choice Democrat, took office.
Cordileone’s letter is also significant because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, another pro-choice Catholic Democrat, resides in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
“Our responsibility to the rest of the Catholic community is to assure them that the Church of Jesus Christ does take most seriously her mission to care for ‘the least of these,’ as Our Lord has commanded us, and to correct Catholics who erroneously, and sometimes stubbornly, promote abortion,” wrote Cordileone.
“This correction takes several forms and rightly begins with private conversations between the erring Catholic and his or her parish priest or bishop,” he continued. “Because we are dealing with public figures and public examples of cooperation in moral evil, this correction can also take the public form of exclusion from the reception of Holy Communion.”
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After 50 years it’s about time.
Pelosi probably has Frank on speed dial ...
great to hear
Nancy probably thinks she answers to a higher authority.
She has the back of Pope Francis.
The good part is — she knows the higher authority ends there, on earth.
As does Francis.
God is looking down on two evil people, to witness how humans exercise their “free will.”
The bad part — I don’t think Nancy cares one hoot — about God, or Francis.
It is the right thing to do. Pelosi and Biden are not Cathoicx. Catbolics follow the rules of the Church, not oppose them. Pelosi and Biden are both phoneys!
The American Bishops are actually talking about enforcement of morality on Catholics in the public sphere. This is huge!
I doubt the Archbishop went into this without any discussion among the other Bishops in the USCCB. Could this represent a particular change in the culture of the episcopate in the USA?
Some of our shepherds are growing spines. Nancy and Joe beware.
Why has the church been giving that demon communion all this time anyway? It’s about time. Although I’m sure the demon really doesn’t care.
There was a group discussion. Last fall, the US bishops formed a temporary working group to figure out what to do about this very issue.
“public examples of cooperation in moral evil”
Yes! Amen!
She’ll just go to a parish that will give her communion.
Are there any catholics left in S.F. that do not believe in abortion?
Not RC , but this seems like the correct stand for the church ... Good for him
That is what I was going to say.. About time!!!
Yes. Pro life leaders there do a Walk For Life every year which draws thousands of walkers from Northern CA and the Central Valley. I think the founders were employed at Ignatius Press (?).
The priests of the Diocese of San Francisco are bound to the bishop’s governance in this matter.
PRAY FOR HIM!!!! He’s a VERY HOLY MAN!!! Talked with him for about 1/2 hour and was VERY IMPRESSED!
GO AWAY ANTI-CATHOLIC!!! GO BACK TO DU! YOU ARE ONE SICK PUPPY!
Late in coming but still very much needed.
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