Archbishop Gomez condemns violence, prays for Paul Pelosi after attack

CNA Staff   By CNA Staff

 

Pope Francis speaks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi after Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29, 2022. / Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Oct 29, 2022 / 01:55 am (CNA).

The president of the United States bishops’ conference said he is praying for Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after he was attacked in his home in San Francisco on Friday morning.

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles said Oct. 28 that he is offering prayers “for the full recovery of Paul Pelosi and comfort for his family.”

Pelosi, 82, was attacked with a hammer by a male assailant early on Friday morning, according to CNN. The assailant was reportedly looking for the speaker of the House, and also tried to tie Pelosi up.

“I am deeply grieved over this violence,” the USCCB president added, “which should have no place in our communities, our political process, or our great nation. May Our Lady of Perpetual Help intercede for us, provide healing, and guide us to paths of peace.”

Pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, according to doctors, after he underwent a “successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands,” a spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi said early Friday evening.

The Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, asked for prayers for Pelosi’s quick recovery and for comfort for his wife and family, in a post on Twitter on Friday.


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5 Comments

  1. I can’t remember one way or another, of course, but I am wondering how many bishops issued condemnations of violence directed toward Republican politicians over the last few years. The attack on Rand Paul? The attempted massacre of the Republican Congressional softball team? The swatting of Marjorie Taylor Greene? I also wonder if all the facts related to the Pelosi attack have been disclosed.

  2. Prayers for Mr Pelosi. May the Lord be close to comfort and bless him with healing!

    Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.

    1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

    Jeremiah 3:15 ‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

    Blessings of comfort for his family. May the person who did this repent and turn his life over to Christ.

  3. Let us pray for all unbaptized infants in the womb, for those we neglect in prayer.
    Let us pray for the infants assaulted by steel instruments of health care. Let us pray for the infants who succumb to such health care. Let us pray for the infants, assaulted by steel and plastic suction devices. Let us pray for the infants who succumb to instruments of health care. Let us pray for the infants whose assaults are made possible by people who speak of access to health care, —- let us pray for them, for their parents, for our doctors, and for all in our nation who hope such horror to continue.

    Is God giving some people a wake-up call? May our eyes be opened.

    May Mr. Pelosi and his family return to the good health, peace, and joy as God does will.

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