{"id":1487641,"date":"2022-05-22T15:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487641"},"modified":"2022-05-22T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T19:45:21","slug":"growing-number-of-catholic-bishops-support-pelosi-being-banned-from-holy-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-number-of-catholic-bishops-support-pelosi-being-banned-from-holy-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Number of Catholic Bishops Support Pelosi Being Banned From Holy Communion"},"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%2Fgrowing-number-of-catholic-bishops-support-pelosi-being-banned-from-holy-communion%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=1487641&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2022-05-22T151324.681.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A small but growing number of Catholic bishops in the U.S. have publicly announced their support of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone\u2019s Friday announcement to bar House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from receiving Holy Communion over her support of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Several bishops nationwide have expressed their support of the announcement over the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2022\/05\/21\/these-catholic-bishops-support-nancy-pelosi-ban-on-holy-communion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> The Catholic World Report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBishop Robert Vasa said on May 20 that he spoke to the pastor of St. Helena Catholic Church in St.Helena, a parish that Pelosi reportedly attends on occasion,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVasa said, \u2018I have visited with the pastor at St Helena and informed him that if the Archbishop prohibited someone from receiving Holy Communion then that restriction followed the person and that the pastor was not free to ignore it. The new Canon (1379 \u00a74) makes it clear that providing sacraments to someone prohibited from receiving them [has] its own possible penalties,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Madison in Wisconsin also expressed its support, according to the outlet, citing\u00a0Bishop Donald Hying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fully support Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone\u2019s prudent decision to recognize that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, has persistently taken public positions in support of legal abortion, contrary to her professed Catholic faith, choosing to separate herself from full communion with the Catholic Church, and therefore is not to present herself for the reception of Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Oakland\u2019s Twitter account was one of the first to express its support of Cordileone\u2019s decision on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI support @ArchCardileone in the heroic and compassionate stance he took today in the protection and defense of human life. As\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@Pontifex\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said, \u2018Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ,&#8217;\u201d Bishop Michael Barber wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">+Michael Barber: \u201cI support @ArchCardileone in the heroic and compassionate stance he took today in the protection and defense of human life. As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pontifex<\/a>  said, &#8216;Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diocese of Oakland (@oakdiocese) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oakdiocese\/status\/1527771676230008832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bishops from at least eight states were cited, showing the emerging nationwide support for the archbishop\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nancy-pelosi-banned-from-receiving-communion-over-her-abortion-stances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Archbishop of San Francisco had informed Pelosi that she is not to receive holy communion at mass over her repeated support for abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco \u2026 I am hereby notifying you that you are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publicly repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,\u201d Cordileone said in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/575094519\/Archbishop-Cordileone-Letter-To-Nancy-Pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Cordileone\u2019s announcement emphasized that Pope Francis, \u201cin keeping with his predecessors, has likewise been quite clear and emphatic in teaching on the dignity of human life in the womb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fundamental moral truth has consequences for Catholics in how they live their lives, especially those entrusted with promoting and protecting the public good of society,\u201d the archbishop wrote. \u201cPope St. John Paul II was also quite consistent in upholding this constant teaching of the Church, and frequently reminded us that \u2018those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a \u2018<em>grave and clear obligation to oppose<\/em>\u2019 any law that attacks human life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small but growing number of Catholic bishops in the U.S. have publicly announced their support of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone\u2019s Friday announcement to bar House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1487653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}