Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed “Catholic” whose vocal support for abortion has long drawn criticism from pro-life advocates, has been selected to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. Pelosi appears to have been selected by Congressional Democrat leaders.
Pelosi’s selection will undoubtedly spark renewed debate over her standing within the Catholic Church. The decision comes despite her own bishop, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, barring her from receiving Holy Communion in 2022 due to her unwavering advocacy for abortion on demand.
The Vatican, which typically defers to governments on such delegations, has not commented on the decision.
Pelosi, 85, has been a polarizing figure in Catholic circles for decades.
While she frequently cites her faith as a guiding force in her political career, her consistent defense of abortion and infanticide has put her at odds with Catholic teaching, which holds that life begins at conception and that abortion is a grave moral evil.
In May 2022, Archbishop Cordileone issued a public letter declaring that Pelosi was not to be admitted to Communion unless she publicly repudiated her pro-abortion stance. The decision followed years of dialogue between the archbishop and Pelosi, during which Cordileone urged her to align her public positions with Church doctrine.
Archbishop Cordileone reminded Pelosi in the letter: “The Church’s ancient and consistent teaching that ‘from the first moment of conception life must be guarded with the greatest care while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes.’”
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He continued, “A Catholic legislator who supports procured abortion, after knowing the teaching of the Church, commits a manifestly grave sin which is a cause of most serious scandal to others.”
He then cited Canon 915 from the Catholic Code of Canon Law, writing: “Therefore, universal Church law provides that such persons ‘are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.’”
Pelosi eventually bragged about receiving communion elsewhere despite her pro-abortion record.
Pelosi told NCR, “I received Communion anyway. That’s his problem, not mine. My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior. It has nothing to do with the bishops.”
Her remarks were met with outrage from pro-life groups, who accused her of flouting Church authority while claiming a Catholic identity.
When in Washington D.C., Pelosi regularly attends Holy Trinity Parish in Georgetown and she and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians frequently receive communion there because that church has a liberal position on communion and abortion.
In 2019, Pelosi met with Pope Francis during a congressional trip to Italy, where she received a papal blessing and attended Mass at the Vatican. The meeting drew criticism from pro-life Catholics, who noted that the Vatican did not address her abortion advocacy.
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