Pelosi has been denied Holy Communion by the Archbishop of San Francisco

Because of her pro-abortion attitude, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone prevented House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from taking Holy Communion on Friday, escalating a decades-long feud between the Roman Catholic Church and liberal Democratic lawmakers over abortion.

Cordileone has written to the California Democrat, telling her that she should not come forward for Holy Communion at Mass and that if she does, priests will not give her communion.

“After learning the Church’s doctrine, a Catholic lawmaker who favors procured abortion commits a plainly grievous sin that causes great shame to others. As a result, worldwide Church law states that such individuals “should not be admitted to Holy Communion.” “he writes in his letter.

The Catholic Church’s Catechism is clear on abortion, both in terms of obtaining one and helping in one: “Since the first century, the Church has maintained the moral evil of every obtained abortion,” the catechism says. “This teaching has never changed and will never change.”

“Direct abortion,” it states, “that is, abortion willed as a purpose or a means, is severely adverse to the moral law,” before branding abortion and infanticide “abominable crimes.”

It goes on to say that “Formal cooperation in an abortion is a serious crime. This offense against human life carries the canonical punishment of ex-communication, according to the Church.”

Despite this clarity, liberal Catholic politicians have made a concerted effort to reconcile their Catholic convictions with their support for abortion rights. In 1984, then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo publicly expressed his personal opposition to abortion but argued he couldn’t force his views on the rest of the country.

However, Democrats like Pelosi have become more vocal in their support for pro-abortion measures since then. President Biden, a devout Catholic, formerly backed the Hyde Amendment, which prohibited US funds from being used to subsidize abortions in other countries. When he campaigned for president in 2020, he turned on the amendment, calling “a woman’s right to choose” “essential.”

“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,” Cordileone wrote to her on April 7. He claims that she hasn’t done so since then.