Pelosi rejects bishops’ authority, raps Vatican’s China policy
December 11, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that she had defied the order of Archbishop Salvatore Cordeleone barring her from receiving Communion, and questioned the Vatican’s secret deal with Beijing, in an interview with the National Catholic Reporter.
Asked about her archbishop’s directive that she should not receive Communion because of her unswerving public support for unrestricted abortion, Pelosi said: “I received Communion anyway. That’s his problem, not mine.” She went on to say: “My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior. It has nothing to do with the bishops.”
Regarding the Vatican’s relations with China, Pelosi asked: “Why should the Chinese government be having a say in the appointment of bishops?”
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