U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday. She received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Nancy Pelosi is banned from receiving communion in her home city of San Francisco because of her support of abortion rights. She regularly takes communion at a parish in Washington, D.C., where the archbishop of the U.S. capital allows it.
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Pelosi takes communion at the Vatican despite restrictions
The Archbishop in San Francisco said the House Speaker will be denied communion
VATICAN CITY - Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who is banned from receiving communion in her home city of San Francisco because of her support of abortion rights, took the sacrament at a Mass said by Pope Francis on Wednesday. A witness said the speaker, who is Catholic and visiting Rome, took communion from a priest in a section of St. Peter's Basilica
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate
ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.
Nancy Pelosi Receives Communion In Vatican Amid Abortion Debate
ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.Pelosi attended the morning Mass marking the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul, during which Francis bestowed the woolen pallium stole on newly consecrated archbishops. She was seated in a VIP diplomatic section of the basilica and rece…