Nancy Pelosi Views on Abortion Conflict with Catholic Teaching

For many Catholics, learning that the Vatican has a file open on former speaker Nancy Pelosi probably isn’t much of a shock. Over the years, the congresswoman has had her differences with the Catholic Church, of which she remains a member. Most notably on abortion.

But what might surprise many was the news last week that it was Pelosi who referred her own case to Rome, appealing a 2022 injunction by her local shepherd in San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, that she be denied Holy Communion over her long and strident support for legal abortion in the United States.

EC

About the Author

Ed Condon

Ed Condon is the editor and a cofounder of The Pillar and a Media Fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

Featured Tags

For many Catholics, learning that the Vatican has a file open on former speaker Nancy Pelosi probably isn’t much of a shock. Over the years, the congresswoman has had her differences with the Catholic Church, of which she remains a member. Most notably on abortion.

But what might surprise many was the news last week that it was Pelosi who referred her own case to Rome, appealing a 2022 injunction by her local shepherd in San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, that she be denied Holy Communion over her long and strident support for legal abortion in the United States.