Although she should be Nancy is not being excommunicated sheās just not eligible for Communion in his diocese doesnāt mean she canāt attend mass. She can sit in the back far away from the crucifix, so she doesnāt burst into flames.
The Archbishop himself said that he attempted to reach out to Pelosi on numerous occasions but without success. He also said he left his contact information but was never even given the courtesy of a callā¦not once. He says she didnāt leave him any other choice.
Heās full of ā ā ā ā ā Thereās nothing that says you have to deny a parishioner the Eucharist if they donāt successfully explain your philosophical reasoning to them.
Let me be clear: There. Is. Nothing. In. Catholicism. That. Says. Being. Pro. Choice. Means. You. Canāt. Take. The. Crackers. And. Wine.
Anymore than you would be denied the Body of Christ for being pro death penalty or pro birth control.
Thereās a difference in the Church between stuff youāre encouraged to be for or against and things youāre required to be for or against. Protestants donāt seem to understand this.
I only grew up as one. This archbishop is only not a flaming hypocrite playing politics if he denies the Eucharist to anyone who supports the death penalty or uses birth control. Which he wonāt. Because itās politics.
I just hope heās not working with those evangelicals who hate Catholics as much as liberals, like most of the priests who do this dumb ā ā ā ā ā