Of Pelosi, Pills, and Honesty, by Judie Brown

At the top of the hit parade this week has been the courageous action of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone who denied the Eucharist to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In his letter, the archbishop wrote:

As you have not publicly repudiated your position on abortion, and continue to refer to your Catholic faith in justifying your position and to receive Holy Communion, that time has now come. Therefore, in light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco to be “concerned for all the Christian faithful entrusted to [my] care” (Code of Canon Law, can. 383, §1), by means of this communication 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. …

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