On the issue of being denied the Eucharist because of her support for abortion, Nancy Pelosi loses spectacularly. The Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot have it both ways.
San Fran Nan loves to hide behind her "Catholic faith" while she touts abortion, which is considered murder by the Roman Catholic Church. If she bothered to take time to look up the Catechism of the Catholic Church, she would (depending on her reading comprehension skills) see that she is wrong. But Nancy is too busy promoting her leftwing agenda to be concerned with matters of faith and morals.
Archbishop Cordileone did the right thing in response to Pelosi's repeated promotion of abortion. In accordance with the Gospel directive, he tried to speak with her privately; she refused to entertain his requests. Unfortunately for the USA, Pelosi is a famous public official and, in her station, her words reach millions of people. She is not free to distort and misrepresent the Church's teachings in destructive ways. This is considered "scandal" by the Church (Catechism Sections 2284-2287).
With her customary pridefulness, Pelosi is now taunting the Archbishop about the Church's stance against capital punishment. She would like to know, why aren't supporters of the death penalty refused Holy Communion? Well, Nancy, since you seem to need this explained to you, here's why: most of those people aren't in positions of power and influence, as you are. They are also not causing scandal in the Catholic Church by publicly pushing for greater access to capital punishment and for more laws supporting it. That's what you're doing with abortion. Go ahead and knock yourself out promoting abortion, but don't call yourself a Catholic in the process.
Jesus had a word for people such as Nancy Pelosi. It starts with an "H." But it's certainly not "hero."
