Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has announced that he would bar Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from receiving holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, saying that her public advocacy of abortion constitutes a mortal sin and a scandal within the
A number of U.S. Catholic bishops praised San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his "courageous" action in declaring May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not "to be admitted" to Communion because of her stand on legalized abortion.
San Francisco's archbishop declared May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not "to be admitted" to Communion unless and until she publicly repudiates "support for abortion 'rights'" and goes to confession and receives absolution "for her cooperation in this evil."
In his latest column, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw examines the lengths to which some politicians and media organizations will go in order to avoid using the word “abortion.” Shaw writes: “Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty quotes Michigan Gov. Gretchen
The new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, officially began his duties April 11, presenting his letters of credential to Pope Francis.
Donnelly, 66, is a former member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. U.S. President Joe Biden nominated
Our Sunday Visitor chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion assesses a recent law passed in Chile that allows for same-gender marriages. Monsignor Campion writes that the passing of the law “was big news because Chile is overwhelmingly Catholic and has been for 500 years.
At their June assembly, when the U.S. bishops debated a proposal to draft a statement on the Eucharist, some of the bishops asked whether it would address denying Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion.
The draft of the statement sent to the
Writer David Mills addresses the recent meeting between Pope Francis and President Joe Biden: “Many, many American Catholics got very upset with Pope Francis for not publicly criticizing President Joe Biden when they met at the Vatican last week. No one, as
President Joe Biden will nominate Catholic lawyer Joseph Donnelly of Indiana, a former member of the U.S. House and Senate, to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
The White House announced Biden's pick for the ambassador post Oct. 8. The nomination
Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican Oct. 9 with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was in Rome to speak at a meeting of legislators from around the world in preparation for the U.N. climate summit.
The Vatican released photos of Pelosi's