House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Tuesday to the announcement by the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco that she can no longer receive communion because of her stance on abortion access.
She noted that the Catholic church has not denied communion to lawmakers who back the death penalty — which also violates the church's Catechism.
"I wonder about death penalty, which I am opposed to," Pelosi said in an interview on MSNBC Tuesday morning."So is the church, but they take no action against people who may not share their view. ... So, we just have to be prayerful. We have to be respectful. I come from a largely pro-life Italian American Catholic family, so I respect people's views about that. But I don't respect us foisting it onto others.
Pelosi's interview on MSNBC's"Morning Joe" Tuesday followed Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's public letter informing Pelosi, who is from San Francisco, that she may Cordileone wrote Friday that his"many requests" to speak with Pelosi have not been accommodated since in law.
"As you have not publically repudiated your position on abortion, and continue to refer to your Catholic faith in justifying your position and to receive Holy Communion, that time has now come," the archbishop wrote. "Therefore, in light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco to be 'concerned for all the Christian faithful entrusted to [my] care' ...
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