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Pope Francis on Sunday named Cardinal Bishop of San Diego Robert W. McElroy, a Roman Catholic leader who spoke out against calls for bishops to exclude politicians who support the election, such as President Biden and House Nancy Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Holy Communion. on abortion.
The move comes after San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordilleone announced earlier this month that he would forbids Pelosi to take communion due to her position on abortion. When naming McElroy, Francis passed Cordilleone, who has a higher rank.
McElroy, one of 21 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis on Sunday, will be installed on August 27 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the San Diego diocese said.
The bishop of San Diego warned against the idea of refusing Communion to politicians who support the election in 2021, when American bishops are considering changing their policy on Communion, which Catholics also call the Eucharist.
Robert W. McElroy, Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, arrives to attend a Vatican nuclear disarmament conference on Friday, November 10, 2017 (AP Photo / Andrew Medichini, File)
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“The proposal to exclude Catholic political leaders who support the election from the Eucharist is a wrong step,” McElroy wrote for Jesuit magazine America. “This will have extremely devastating consequences – not because of what he says about abortion, but because of what he says about the Eucharist.
The bishop warned that “[t]The Eucharist is armed and used as an instrument in political war. That shouldn’t be happening. “
Cordileon, whom Pope Francis passed, congratulated McElroy on his appointment.
The Archbishop of San Francisco had previously written to Pelosi: “You must not impersonate Holy Communion, and if you do, you must not be admitted to Holy Communion.”
Archbishop Salvatore Cordilleone said Nancy Pelosi would be banned from Holy Communion because of her position on abortion. (Reuters / Getty Images)
In the public space “letter to believers“Cordileone said he took action after many attempts to talk to her [Pelosi] to help her understand the serious evil she is committing, the scandal she is causing, and the danger to her own soul that she is risking. “
The Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church states that those who have been excommunicated or who persist in blatant grave sin must not be admitted to Holy Communion.
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Cordileone clarified that his move had “nothing to do” with the expiration of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which will overturn Rowe against Wade, but rather with Pelosi’s advocacy of codifying Roe’s decision in federal law – it’s getting more extreme and more aggressive. “
Despite Cordilleon’s clear statement, Pelosi received Holy Communion at 9 a.m. Holy Trinity Mass in the Georgetown district of Washington, D.C., last Sunday.
Pope Francis bestows his blessing on Urbi et Orbi after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Sunday, April 4, 2021, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Filippo Monteforte / Photo of the pool via AP)
Pelosi defended his position and condemned Cordileone’s move in his remarks last Tuesday. She argues that the issue of abortion is not just about terminating a pregnancy, because people who criticize its legality and morality also oppose contraception, family planning and in vitro fertilization.
“This decision, which brings us to privacy and precedent, is very dangerous in the lives of so many Americans and is again not in line with the Gospel of Matthew,” she said.
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The San Francisco Editorial Board called Pope Francis will remove Cordilleon for his move to ban Pelosi from Communion. The editorial board accused the archbishop of “punishing” Pelosi instead of “right-wing politicians” who “[vote] against health care or the financing of the poor. “
Democrats have fully backed abortion following the expiration of Judge Alito’s draft opinion at the Dobbs Women’s Health Organization against Jackson, a project that cancels Rowe. Although Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that the draft was authentic, it dates from February and does not represent the current or final opinion of the Court.
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Vandalism of the Sacred Heart of Mary Church. (Mark Haas)
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Vandals too head to the church in Boulder, Colorado, earlier this month, spray painting “forbids our bodies” and “my body is my choice” on the building.
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