DC archdiocese accidentally sends blunt response on Pelosi Communion ban

EXCLUSIVE — Archbishop Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., has refused to remark publicly on whether or not he helps the barring of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from receiving Holy Communion in gentle of her stance on abortion, along with his workplace saying in a blunt and mistakenly despatched electronic mail to the Washington Examiner that requests “can be ignored.”

Plenty of bishops have come collectively in assist of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s announcement issued Friday that due to Pelosi’s stance on abortion and her current calls to guard entry to abortion on the federal degree, she shouldn’t current herself to a priest for Communion at Mass.

When the Washington Examiner reached out to the Archdiocese of Washington to hunt remark, Gregory’s communications workplace inadvertently despatched an emailed response.

“Simply sharing so that you can know what is available in,” the e-mail acknowledged. “E mail since Saturday, after I final checked the comms inbox has simply been a few random folks wanting to inform the Cardinal to carry down the hammer on Pelosi. Except for Jack Jenkins at RNS, that is the one new media inquiry. It will likely be ignored, too.”

The Washington Examiner reached again out to the Archdiocese of Washington asking for clarification.

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Following electronic mail exchanges that seemingly tried to delay publication whereas asking for a telephone dialog, spokeswoman Patricia Zapor informed the Washington Examiner through a telephone name that there could be no direct response from the Archdiocese of Washington or Gregory. She despatched a follow-up electronic mail, pointing to prior feedback concerning his place on politicians receiving Communion.

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“I apologize for the mistaken electronic mail. Now we have not been responding to inquiries on this matter as a result of Cardinal Gregory’s place has not modified from what he has stated up to now,” the follow-up electronic mail acknowledged. “Cardinal Gregory has no new remark in regards to the subject of Catholic politicians receiving Communion. The actions of Archbishop Cordileone are his determination to make within the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Cardinal Gregory has not instructed the clergymen of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to refuse Communion to anybody.”

In a September 2021 interview with Crux, Gregory stated it was not the position of bishops to function “police.”

Bishops from California, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin have joined Cordileone in assist of the ban.

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Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Colorado called Cordileone’s determination “brave, compassionate, and essential,” whereas others have expressed their assist, saying the ban ought to observe Pelosi no matter which parish she attends.