Abortion-Communion controversy: Pope Francis elevates bishop who defended serving pro-choice politicians

Abortion-Communion controversy: Pope Francis elevates bishop who defended serving pro-choice politicians

Pope Francis promoted McElroy ahead of Salvatore Cordileone, who barred Nancy Pelosi from Communion

Pope Francis on Sunday named as cardinal San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy, a Roman Catholic pioneer who had stood in opposition to the calls for clerics to bar favorable to decision legislators like President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion over their positions on early termination.

The move comes directly following San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's declaration recently that he would banish Pelosi from getting Holy Communion because of her position on fetus removal. In naming McElroy, Francis disregarded Cordileone, who holds a higher position.

McElroy, one of 21 new cardinals Pope Francis declared Sunday, will be introduced Aug. 27 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the ward of San Diego reported.

The San Diego minister cautioned against denying Communion to supportive of decision legislators in 2021, when U.S. ministers were thinking about adjusting their approach on Communion, which Catholics additionally call the Eucharist.

Robert W. McElroy, bishop of the diocese of San Diego, arrives to attend a conference on nuclear disarmament, at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.

"The proposition to bar supportive of decision Catholic political pioneers from the Eucharist is some unacceptable advance," McElroy composed for the Jesuit magazine America. "It will bring colossally damaging results — not in light of what it says regarding fetus removal, but rather due to what it says regarding the Eucharist."

That's what the diocesan cautioned "[t]he Eucharist is being weaponized and conveyed as a device in political fighting. This should not occur."

Cordileone, whom Pope Francis disregarded, praised McElroy on his arrangement.

The San Francisco ecclesiastical overseer had recently kept in touch with Pelosi, "You are not to introduce yourself for Holy Communion and, would it be a good idea for you do as such, you are not to be owned up to Holy Communion."

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said Nancy Pelosi would be barred from Holy Communion, over her abortion stance.

In a public "letter to the reliable," Cordileone said he made the move "After various endeavors to talk with her [Pelosi] to assist her with understanding the grave fiendish she is executing, the outrage she is causing, and the risk to her own spirit she is gambling."

The Catholic Church's Code of Canon Law expresses that the people who have been banished or who are "stubbornly enduring in manifest grave sin are not to be confessed to sacred fellowship."

Cordileone explained that his move had "nothing to do with" the break of the Supreme Court draft assessment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which would strike down Roe v. Swim, but instead with Pelosi's "backing for arranging the Roe choice into government regulation — it's turning out to be increasingly outrageous and that's only the tip of the iceberg and more forceful."

Notwithstanding Cordileone's unmistakable statement, Pelosi got Holy Communion at the 9 a.m. Mass at Holy Trinity in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., last Sunday.

Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi blessing after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Sunday, April 4, 2021, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Pelosi safeguarded her situation and censured Cordileone's move in comments last Tuesday. She guaranteed the issue of fetus removal isn't just about ending a pregnancy in light of the fact that individuals censuring its legitimateness and profound quality likewise go against contraceptives, family arranging and in-vitro treatment.

"This choice taking us to security and point of reference is extremely risky in the existences of such countless American individuals and again not predictable with the Gospel of Matthew," she contended.

The San Francisco Examiner's article board asked Pope Francis to eliminate Cordileone for his transition to banish Pelosi from Communion. The article board shot the ecclesiastical overseer for "rebuffing" Pelosi, rather than "traditional lawmakers" who "[vote] against medical services or subsidizing for poor people."

Leftists have full-throatedly upheld fetus removal following the break of Justice Alito's draft assessment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization - the draft that upsets Roe. Albeit Chief Justice John Roberts affirmed that the draft is certified, it traces all the way back to February, and it doesn't address the current or last assessment of the Court.