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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at pillarcatholic.com ...
You are a kind soul.
Yes, anything is possible.
The Jewish gangster, Dutch Schultz, was baptized Catholic on his deathbed, after being shot in a hit by a rival gang, in the 1930’s.
The priest also gave him the Last Rites of the Catholic Church...Confession, Communion, Holy Anointing.
According to Catholic teaching, Dutch Schulz went straight to Heaven.
Maybe Pelosi will get lucky.
These lifelong criminals always try to hedge their bets.
Truth is she excommunicates herself by her actions. God will deal with her in his own time.
Yes, Jesus has great mercy. At her age, she is closer to death and should reflect on Heaven or Hell.
At some point in his schedule, Jesus will correct the problems in the church. We hope it is soon.
The Archbishop of both San Francisco and Springfield Illinois have appropriately challenged both Pelosi and Durban.
Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God.
We choose Heaven or Hell. Unconfessed mortal sin will send someone to Hell at the time of death.
As Catholics, we need the Eucharist for our salvation. John 6:53 Otherwise we have no eternal life.
We need the priest to consecrate the Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ at Mass.
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