Speaker Pelosi Barred by Catholic Church From Receiving Communion Over Abortion Advocacy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Just earlier this month she once again, as she has many times before, explicitly cited her Catholic faith while justifying abortion as a 'choice,' this time setting herself in direct opposition to Pope Francis: 'The very idea that they would be telling women the size, timing or whatever of their family, the personal nature of this is so appalling, and I say that as a devout Catholic'; 'They say to me, "Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having babies than the Pope.'
42% : The issue of pro-abortion Catholics in public life has long been a headache for Catholic clergy, who have had to balance the demands of remaining politically independent while also upholding the rules of the Catholic Church, which is outspokenly opposed to abortion.
40% : "This most serious duty can sometimes become unpleasant, especially when Catholics in public life explicitly promote practices that involve the direct taking of innocent human life, which is what abortion does," he wrote.
36% :Cordileone's action comes as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 decision that forced states to allow abortion through the first trimester.
35% : "This is why Pope Francis, as much as any pope in living memory, has repeatedly and vividly affirmed the Church's clear and constant teaching that abortion is a grave moral evil.""As the Archbishop of San Francisco, I am bound to be 'concerned for all the Christian faithful entrusted to [my] care,'" Cordileone continued.
32% : ""I have received letters from very many of you over the years expressing distress over the scandal being caused by such Catholics in public life who promote such grievously evil practices as abortion," he continued.
31% : "Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi's position on abortion has become only more extreme over the years, especially in the last few months.
23% : In 2019, a similar issue made headlines after then-candidate Joe Biden was denied Holy Communion at a Florence, South Carolina, Catholic Church over his support for abortion.

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