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Bishop Bars Pelosi From Communion
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:37 pm
Catholic News Agency
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 13:03 pm
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should not be admitted to Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, nor should she present herself to receive the Eucharist, until she publicly repudiates her support for abortion.
Cordileone said on May 20 that the step was “purely pastoral, not political” and came after Pelosi, D-Calif., who has described herself as a “devout Catholic,” repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to reach out to her to discuss her abortion advocacy.
Cordileone said that he sent the notification to Pelosi, “a member of our archdiocese,” on May 19. The Democratic leader did not immediately respond publicly to Cordileone’s announcement after it was released to the media Friday afternoon. In a 2008 interview with C-SPAN, Pelosi said being denied Communion would be “a severe blow,” describing herself at the time as a “regular communicant.”
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Cordileone's instructions apply only within the San Francisco Archdiocese. Other bishops have jurisdiction over such matters when Pelosi is Washington, D.C., and other dioceses around the U.S. and abroad.
In a May 20 letter addressed to lay Catholics, Cordileone explained that he issued the instruction in accordance with canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law, which states that “Those … obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
“After numerous attempts to speak with her to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, and the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that the point has come in which I must make a public declaration that she 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,” Cordileone wrote in the letter.
Separate letter sent to priests
In a separate letter to priests of the San Francisco Archdiocese also released Friday, Cordileone responded preemptively to criticism that he was “weaponizing the Eucharist.”
He insisted that his decision was “simply application of Church teaching.”
“I have been very clear all along, in both my words and my actions, that my motive is pastoral, not political,” he said in the letter.
In the same letter, the archbishop described his repeated attempts to meet with Pelosi — who represents San Francisco, California’s 12th District, in Congress — since she announced in September 2021 that she would seek to codify Roe. v. Wade into U.S. law.
He said that he wrote to the Speaker in April this year, “detailing the extreme position to which she has moved on the abortion question and explaining the scandal that it is causing and the danger to her own soul.”
“I asked her to repudiate this position, or else refrain from referring to her Catholic faith in public and receiving Holy Communion,” he wrote.
“I also advised her that if she refused to do this, I would be forced to make a public announcement that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”
He said that he received no response, but contacted Pelosi again a month later when she described herself as a “devout Catholic” while explaining why she supported abortion, in the wake of the leak of a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court could strike down Roe v. Wade.
“In consequence of all this and all that has led up to it,” Cordileone told priests, “it is my determined judgment that this resistance to pastoral counsel has gone on for too long, and there is nothing more that can be done at this point to help the Speaker understand the seriousness of the evil her advocacy for abortion is perpetrating and the scandal she is causing.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:39 pm to Mellow Drama
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“I also advised her that if she refused to do this, I would be forced to make a public announcement that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion.
What "forced" him to make that public?
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:40 pm to Mellow Drama
Nancy should be excommunicated from the Church for simply being a vile count and evil shill of a human being.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:41 pm to Indefatigable
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What "forced" him to make that public?
A sense of decency
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:42 pm to Mellow Drama
It's about time. Joe Biden should be next.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:43 pm to FredBear
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A sense of decency
Seems more like the Archbishop simply wanted attention.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:43 pm to Mellow Drama
That poor church will be riotted like none other.
Good on the priest for calling her out.
Good on the priest for calling her out.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:44 pm to Indefatigable
To ensure that all Catholic Churches are aware of his declaration. If you’re not Catholic, it shouldn’t be an issue for you.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:45 pm to Mellow Drama
This seems pretty basic. At one point in my life I was Catholic. As time passed, I stopped believing various aspects of the faith. At some point, I lost my faith entirely.
Now, I walked away form Catholicism and faith in general n my own because I recognized I no longer believed those things, but would it make sense for me to say I believe the things I do today (I'm an atheist) but also still claim I'm Catholic?
Catholics have certain rules and beliefs. You either believe those or you don't. If you don't, you're not Catholic.
Now, I walked away form Catholicism and faith in general n my own because I recognized I no longer believed those things, but would it make sense for me to say I believe the things I do today (I'm an atheist) but also still claim I'm Catholic?
Catholics have certain rules and beliefs. You either believe those or you don't. If you don't, you're not Catholic.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:47 pm to FlyingTiger1955
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To ensure that all Catholic Churches are aware of his declaration. If you’re not Catholic, it shouldn’t be an issue for you.
I am not practicing, so I don't care. frick Pelosi so its not like I am complaining. Just bored on a Friday and found his phrasing that he was "forced" to speak publicly interesting.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:48 pm to FredBear
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What "forced" him to make that public?
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A sense of decency
the archbishop claims he's been trying to reach her privately on this issue for years and she blew him off. whatever his motives may be, at least the onlookers won't be scandalized anymore.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:49 pm to Mellow Drama
He needs to let her come in and then splash her with holy water to see what happens....
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:50 pm to TigerB8
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He needs to let her come in and then splash her with holy water to see what happens....
I should be concerned for her soul and refrain from laughing, but that woman has wrecked unimaginable havoc on our fair Republic for YRS
This post was edited on 5/20/22 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:52 pm to Mellow Drama
That only took a decade plus. SMH
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:53 pm to Indefatigable
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Seems more like the Archbishop simply wanted attention
Nope. She publicly supports mortal sin.
She should be publicly excommunicated.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:53 pm to Mellow Drama
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
Don't mess with him. He's probably got a machine gun under his vestments.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:55 pm to Mellow Drama
Why has it taken this long? It should have been done years ago.
Posted on 5/20/22 at 2:58 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Jesus never said you have to be catholic to be saved.
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