{"id":1532118,"date":"2022-06-29T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532118"},"modified":"2022-06-29T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:04:29","slug":"pro-abortion-pelosi-receives-communion-at-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-pelosi-receives-communion-at-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Abortion Pelosi Receives Communion At The Vatican"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpro-abortion-pelosi-receives-communion-at-the-vatican%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=1532118&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>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) received Holy Communion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/the-vatican\">Vatican<\/a> on Wednesday, witnesses told The Associated Press (AP), despite her continued and public support for abortion.<\/p>\n<p>During the Wednesday morning Mass commemorating the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul, Pelosi sat in the diplomatic section of the basilica where she received Communion with other congregants, The AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-pope-francis-politics-religion-nancy-pelosi-249a32b2af9de647f1bae94aacb60c6e\">reported<\/a>. Before the Mass she met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pope-francis\">Pope Francis<\/a> and received a blessing, one Mass attendee told The AP.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis himself did not distribute Communion, the publication reported, but Pelosi received Communion from another priest.<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Father\u2019s reticence on vocally pro-abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/catholic-church\">Catholic<\/a> politicians, including President Joe Biden, has sparked concerns and criticisms from conservative Catholics around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The pope has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/249172\/pope-francis-abortion-statements\">repeatedly<\/a> condemned abortion as evil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 Component-p-0-2-63\">In May, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nancy-pelosi-responds-to-her-archbishops-communion-ban\">announced<\/a> that after many unanswered requests to speak with Pelosi, he was ordering her to abstain from Communion over her abortion stances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou 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\u00a0informed Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Cordileone\u2019s May warning, the California Democrat attended Mass at Holy Trinity parish in Georgetown where a live stream showed her receiving Communion.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s a video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holytrinitydc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@holytrinitydc<\/a> showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi receiving communion from a Eucharistic minister -not the priest- at mass on Sunday. She\u2019s wearing an orange blazer in the right line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4WnChU7KGj\">pic.twitter.com\/4WnChU7KGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1528930741442297857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pelosi condemned the historic overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> as an \u201coutrageous and heart-wrenching\u201d move fulfilling the Republican Party\u2019s \u201cdark and extreme goal of ripping away women\u2019s right to make their own reproductive health decisions,\u201d per The AP. On Tuesday evening at a diplomatic reception at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, she referenced Catholicism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-72 Component-p-0-2-63\">\u201cFaith is an important gift, not everyone has it but it is the path to so many other things,\u201d she said, according to The AP.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251323\/here-are-two-basic-requirements-catholics-must-meet-to-receive-holy-communion\">receive Holy Communion<\/a>, which Catholics believe is the body of Jesus Christ, one must be in a state of grace, which means that an individual has gone to the Sacrament of Confession before Mass and confessed all serious or mortal sins, and one must have fasted for at least an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic News Agency\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251323\/here-are-two-basic-requirements-catholics-must-meet-to-receive-holy-communion\">cites<\/a> the Catechism of the Catholic Church in reporting that a mortal sin \u201cdestroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God\u2019s law; it turns man away from God.\u201d Examples of mortal sins are murder, adultery, pornography, theft, and missing Mass on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scborromeo.org\/ccc\/p3s2c2a5.htm\">teaches<\/a> that abortion is \u201ca crime against human life,\u201d \u201cconstitutes a grave offense,\u201d and that a person who obtains an abortion is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops\u00a0has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/faithful-citizenship\/church-teaching\/catholics-in-political-life\">emphasized<\/a> that\u00a0Catholics in politics \u201chave an obligation in conscience to work toward correcting morally defective laws, lest they be guilty of cooperating in evil and in sinning against the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) received Holy Communion at the Vatican on Wednesday, witnesses told The Associated Press (AP), despite her continued and public support for abortion. 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