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Archbishop Cordileone ‘stood up for what’s right’ in actions toward Pelosi, Fresno bishop says

June 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 16

Bishop Joseph V. Brennan of Fresno, California. / Screenshot of Diocese of Fresno YouTube video

Denver Newsroom, Jun 8, 2022 / 18:01 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco was right to ask House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not t… […]

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FULL TEXT: Letter from Colorado bishops to Catholic lawmakers who backed abortion law

June 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 11

Aerial/Drone photograph of a sunset over the Colorado state capital building. Capital city of Denver. / Shutterstock

Denver Newsroom, Jun 8, 2022 / 05:48 am (CNA).
The bishops of Colorado on Tuesday issued an open letter asking Catholic lawmake… […]

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Nancy Pelosi doubles down on abortion support in response to Communion ban 

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 12

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” on May 24, 2022. / Screenshot via MSNBC’s YouTube channel

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 12:13 pm (CNA).
Responding publicly for the first time to her archbishop barrin… […]

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Full text of Archbishop Cordileone letter to Nancy Pelosi banning her from Communion

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 95

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2012. / Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Shutterstock, Michelle Bauman/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2… […]

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Denver archbishop: Cordileone ‘made every attempt’ to avoid barring Pelosi from Communion

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila says Mass for the Transitional Deacon Ordination in 2020. / Archdiocese of Denver, photography: A&D Creative LLC

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 14:41 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver releas… […]

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10 times Nancy Pelosi supported abortion while citing her Catholic faith

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks before a meeting with President of Finland Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson at the U.S. Capitol May 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. The leaders of Finland and Sweden are … […]

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Archbishop Cordileone tells priests that Nancy Pelosi Communion denial is ‘pastoral, not political’

May 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

"Those who live among us without a permanent home, then, provide us a powerful reminder that we are people on pilgrimage, that this is not our true home," said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone during a homily in a Requiem Mass for the h… […]

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Pope Francis, “estranged” Catholics, and holy communion

October 20, 2021 George Weigel 41

Certain Catholic media platforms that often function as de facto extensions of Jen Psaki’s White House Press Office have continually urged the U.S. bishops to dodge the issue of pro-abortion Catholic politicians receiving holy communion. […]

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Bishop Paprocki: Regarding Communion debate “There should be no unity with iniquity”

June 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 32

Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 16:56 pm (CNA). In a statement published on June 23, 2021, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois lambasted recent media coverage of the USCCB vote […]

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Update: Meeting between Pope Francis and President Biden did not happen

June 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 16

Pope Francis greets then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican in this April 29, 2016. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jun 14, 2021 / 16:55 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden’s attendance at early morning Mass with Pope Francis has been nixed fr… […]

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