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A letter from the Archdiocese of San Francisco did not mention Pelosi by name, but it said the “only recourse” for politicians and others who continue to advocate for abortion access would be denying them Catholicism’s holiest sacrament.
Pelosi s archdiocese says prominent Catholics who support abortion rights should be denied Communion
Reis Thebault, The Washington Post
May 2, 2021
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San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at an outdoor mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Sept. 20, 2020Dennis Callahan
The Rev. Salvatore Cordileone did not single out any Catholics in his latest letter calling for Holy Communion to be withheld from public figures who support abortion rights.
But the 17-page missive from the archbishop of San Francisco may have important implications for one of the archdiocese s most famous parishioners: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi, a California Democrat and high-profile Catholic, has long supported women s right to access abortion care - and, for nearly as long, she has come under fire from those who say her views contradict the teachings of the church, which considers abortion a grave sin.
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The Rev. Salvatore Cordileone did not single out any Catholics in his latest letter calling for Holy Communion to be withheld from public figures who support abortion rights.
But the 17-page missive from the archbishop of San Francisco may have important implications for one of the archdiocese’s most famous parishioners: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Pelosi, a California Democrat and high-profile Catholic, has long supported women’s right to access abortion care and, for nearly as long, she has come under fire from those who say her views contradict the teachings of the church, which considers abortion a grave sin.
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Lawyers for an alleged abuse victim in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts have asked the state’s chief justice to assign a special judge from outside western Massachusetts to the case, citing a potential for undue influence from people associated with the diocese.
The alleged victim, identified as John Doe, claims he suffered trauma as a result of the diocese’s mishandling of an abuse allegation he brought against the late Christopher Weldon, Bishop of Springfield from 1950 to 1977.
Doe, a former altar boy, alleges that Bishop Weldon, along with two priests of the Springfield diocese, repeatedly abused him in the 1960s, and that he first remembered his abuse in 2013. Weldon died in 1982.