{"id":835977,"date":"2021-10-01T17:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=835977"},"modified":"2021-10-01T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:13:38","slug":"one-thousand-roses-delivered-to-nancy-pelosis-office-in-campaign-to-move-her-heart-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-thousand-roses-delivered-to-nancy-pelosis-office-in-campaign-to-move-her-heart-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"One Thousand Roses Delivered To Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Office In Campaign To Move Her Heart On Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fone-thousand-roses-delivered-to-nancy-pelosis-office-in-campaign-to-move-her-heart-on-abortion%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=835977&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>Over 3,550 people signed up to pray and fast for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi through the Benedict XVI Institute\u2019s \u201cRose and Rosary for Nancy\u201d campaign in the first 24 hours after it was announced, the group\u2019s executive director said in a press release.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone called on Catholics and \u201cothers of goodwill\u201d to join the campaign a few days after the House of Representatives passed the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act on Friday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t locate 3500 roses to send today but we will get them to her,\u201d Benedict XVI Institute Executive Director Maggie Gallagher said in a press release. \u201cEach rose represents more prayers and rosaries for Nancy Pelosi, as well as for babies in the womb and their mothers.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Catholics delivered one thousand roses Friday to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s California office in efforts to move the Democrat\u2019s heart on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Over 3,550 people signed up to pray and fast for Pelosi through the Benedict XVI Institute\u2019s \u201cRose and Rosary for Nancy\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/benedictinstitute.org\/rose-and-a-rosary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign<\/a> in the first 24 hours after it was announced, said Maggie Gallagher, executive director of the Benedict XVI Institute, in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally hundreds of people are still joining each hour,\u201d Gallagher said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/archbishop-cordileone-nancy-pelosi-catholic-communion-biden\/\">(RELATED: Archbishop Cordileone Says He Had \u2018Conversations\u2019 With Pro-Abortion Pelosi About Holy Communion)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone called on Catholics and \u201cothers of goodwill\u201d to join the campaign a few days after The Women\u2019s Health Protection Act of 2021 passed in the House, 218 to 211, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Should it pass the Senate, the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/house-democrats-pass-abortion-bill-roe-v-wade\/\">would codify Roe v. Wade<\/a> and significantly expand the practice of abortions in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, a self-professed Catholic, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The first batch of roses was delivered at noon Friday, the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux, who is beloved by Catholics for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/when-st-therese-showers-roses-and-miracles-on-her-friends\">promising<\/a> that she would \u201clet fall a shower of roses\u201d on her death and spend her time in \u201cheaven doing good upon earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Benedict XVI Institute pre-ordered 1,000 roses, the group\u2019s executive director said, guessing that they would receive at least 500 responses. But the response \u201cblew up the rose market in San Francisco,\u201d Gallagher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t locate 3500 roses to send today but we will get them to her,\u201d the executive director said in a press release. \u201cEach rose represents more prayers and rosaries for Nancy Pelosi, as well as for babies in the womb and their mothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7294124\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7294124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of the Benedict XVI Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWonderful,\u201d tweeted Cordileone. \u201cEach of these 1000 roses represents one Catholic praying a rosary and fasting on Fridays for Speaker Nancy Pelosi through October. May the Blessed Mother touch her heart. Join me in this Rose and Rosary campaign. Sign up at BenedictInstitute.org.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1424802110818\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I see they arrived. Wonderful. Each of these 1000 roses represents one Catholic praying a rosary and fasting on Fridays for Speaker Nancy Pelosi through October. May the Blessed Mother touch her heart. Join me in this Rose and Rosary campaign. Sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MzVcPm9o87\">https:\/\/t.co\/MzVcPm9o87<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zb5GJ6K05u\">pic.twitter.com\/zb5GJ6K05u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArchCordileone\/status\/1444021675742351384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gallagher said she had never seen anything like this \u201coverwhelming response.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/30\/devout-catholic-joe-biden-media-amy-coney-barrett\/\">(RELATED: Media Treats Catholicism In Vastly Different Ways Depending On Politics)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an entirely organic response to Archbishop Cordileone\u2019s leadership,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had planned a digital marketing campaign, but so far Facebook has censored every version of an ad asking folks to pray and fast for Nancy Pelosi. But Catholics are coming anyway to commit to a Rose and Rosary for Nancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Father Moises Agudo, the pastor of the Mission Churches (founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/19\/junipero-serra-california-ventura-confederate-statue-george-floyd\/\">St. Juniperro Serra<\/a> along the coast of California beginning in 1769) in San Francisco, California, said a rosary outside Pelosi\u2019s office with his parishioners as the roses were delivered, according to Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hispanic community of the archdiocese especially my parishioners in the mission district want to pray the rosary for Nancy\u2019s conversion and that the Virgin Mary can touch her heart so that she can value the lives of children in their mothers\u2019 wombs and the poor on the street,\u201d said Agudo, who is also Vicar for Hispanics for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7294123\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7294123\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7294123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of the Benedict XVI Institute.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-465x620.jpg 465w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0109-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7294123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of the Benedict XVI Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSt. Therese of Lisieux, the \u2018Little Flower,\u2019 whose feast day we celebrate this Friday, is remembered for these famous and cherished words: \u2018After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses,\u201d Cordileone said in late September. \u201cI will spend my heaven doing good upon earth. &nbsp;I will raise up a mighty host of little saints. &nbsp;My mission is to make God loved\u2026\u2019 And after her death, the roses began to shower down from heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoses have been called St. Therese\u2019s \u2018signature,\u2019 a sign that the petitioner\u2019s prayer has been heard,\u201d the archbishop continued. \u201cThe rose is also a symbol of our Blessed Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the \u2018mystical rose.\u2019&nbsp; At this particular moment in the history of our nation, we need more than ever the intercession of our Blessed Mother, St. Therese, and all other saints who have shown us the path to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 3,550 people signed up to pray and fast for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi through the Benedict XVI Institute\u2019s \u201cRose and Rosary for Nancy\u201d campaign in the first &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835977","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\/835977","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}