The Eucharist has, to use the current jargon, been weaponised in the standoff between Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco. He has banned her from receiving holy communion anywhere in his diocese because of her outspoken support for abortion. She’s been sounding off for Roe v Wade after the leaked Supreme Court draft judgment suggesting it may be reversed.
Now, on a talk show, she’s counterattacked. When asked about her ban, she observed:
‘I wonder about the death penalty, which I am opposed to. So is the church but they take no action against people who may not share their view.’
The Archbishop said that she was not to come to the altar during mass for communion because her abortion views have become ‘more extreme’ and ‘more aggressive.’
If Speaker Pelosi wants to take communion, she’d better stick to going in Washington rather than San Francisco
He’s perfectly entitled to deny her communion within his diocese, though it’ll be individual priests in parishes who’ll have to carry the ban out.
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