{"id":1486103,"date":"2022-05-20T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486103"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:30:08","slug":"san-francisco-archbishop-bars-pelosi-from-receiving-holy-communion-over-pro-abortion-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-archbishop-bars-pelosi-from-receiving-holy-communion-over-pro-abortion-views\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Archbishop Bars Pelosi From Receiving Holy Communion Over Pro-Abortion Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-archbishop-bars-pelosi-from-receiving-holy-communion-over-pro-abortion-views%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cIt is for this reason,\u201d he added, \u201cthat there is now a canon which punishes by suspension, to which other penalties can be added, one who \u2018administers a sacrament to those who are prohibited from receiving it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cordileone added that his decision had not been made lightly, but is \u201cthe fruit of years of prayer, fasting and consultation with a broad spectrum of Church leaders whom I respect for their intelligence, wisdom and pastoral sensitivity, and it continues my efforts to invite the Speaker down the path of conversion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the sanctity of life the Church is in a spiritual battle, he maintained: \u201cIt is not poetic rhetoric to call the proliferation of abortion demonic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, he asked of his priests three things: to preach about the topic; to promote living the consecration of the archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and to pray the St. Michael prayer after Mass.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box post-widget related-post\">\n<h4 class=\"box-title\"><span>More in US<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is no time to be intimidated into silence,\u201d he urged. \u201cDo not dodge addressing the grave evil of abortion, but do so, obviously, with great pastoral sensitivity, recognizing that many of your people in the pews listening to you have been personally affected by this terrible scourge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cordileone added that the archdiocese is \u201cfully committed to assisting women who find themselves in crisis pregnancies, both during the pregnancy and for years after the birth of the child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk your parishioners to help in our efforts as a Catholic people to be truly pro-life: both pro-child and pro-woman,\u201d he exhorted the priests.<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop recommended the following ways to live out the consecration to the Immaculate Heart: pray the rosary daily; fast on Fridays and perform other acts of penance; go to confession more frequently, and regularly adore the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn closing, allow me to observe that what we are facing in this particular moment of history is a powerful reminder to us that the Priesthood is not for the faint-hearted. Of course, it never was.\u00a0 But for a long time, up until recently, we lived in a society that allowed us to imagine that it was.\u00a0 Let us not fool ourselves any longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd know how deeply grateful I am to you,\u201d he concluded, \u201cfor being with your people, shepherding them, challenging them, and leading them to the green pastures that are deeper life in our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-author-bottom\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/author\/401\/carl-bunderson\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/storage\/authors\/EMPXyX1PZc07M0fmjGLU1ypQ5wJUfa2Q8lba2lUq.jpeg?w=96&#038;h=96\" alt=\"Carl Bunderson\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carl Bunderson is managing editor of Catholic News Agency. 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