EDITORIAL: Archbishop Cordileone seeks to deprive Speaker Pelosi of a key component of her faith. But where is his zeal for punishment and purity when it comes to right-wing Catholic politicians when they vote against health care or funding for the poor?
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, pictured in 2020, has banned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from taking Holy Communion. In open defiance of Pope Francis, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on Friday banned House Speakerfrom taking Holy Communion here in her home diocese. The reason? Her strong support of women’s abortion rights.
Instead, American bishops approved watered-down guidelines that reportedly stated, “It is the special responsibility of the diocesan bishop to work to remedy situations that involve public actions at variance with the visible communion of the Church and the moral law.” In 2015, he attempted to force teachers and staff at San Francisco’s Catholic schools to condemn gay rights, abortion and birth control as “intrinsically evil.” This led a group of 100 prominent local Catholics to run a full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle that called on Pope Francis to replace Cordileone.
Seven years later, Cordileone’s efforts to sow division and politicize the faith have intensified. Now, he has trained his sights on Speaker Pelosi, a woman who has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the poor, the suffering and the oppressed —and who is a role model for women all over the world.
In light of Cordileone’s resurgent efforts to create discord, we repeat the call for Pope Francis to remove him and replace him with a leader who can unify rather than divide. Cordileone’s radical conservative politics might attract more people to the faith in places like Oklahoma or Texas, but his partisan pomposity will win no converts in San Francisco.
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