The archbishop of San Francisco said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is Catholic, can no longer receive the sacrament of communion because of her efforts to protect abortion rights.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone wrote in a public post Friday that his"many requests" have not been accepted to speak with Pelosi, who is from San Francisco, since. The archbishop said he communicated to Pelosi on April 7 that, should she not publicly repudiate her"advocacy for abortion 'rights" or refrain from referring to her faith in public, he would have no choice but to deny her communion.
The archbishop referred to the Catholic Church's Cannon 915, which says that,"Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion." The Chatecism of the Catholic Church is against abortion.
"As you have not publically repudiated your position on abortion, and continue to refer to your Catholic faith in justifying your position and to receive Holy Communion, that time has now come," the archbishop wrote."Therefore, in light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco to be 'concerned for all the Christian faithful entrusted to [my] care' ...
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks in front of the steps to the House of Representatives with congressional members to speak on the Roe v. Wade issue May 13, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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