Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), a left-wing Catholic, responded defiantly to the archbishop for her home city banning her from receiving Holy Communion in the archdiocese because of her support for abortion.
Pelosi spoke with the National Catholic Reporter about a range of issues including San Francisco archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s letter in 2022 prohibiting Pelosi from being given communion, an order she did not take to heart.
“I received Communion anyway. That’s his problem, not mine,” Pelosi said. “My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior. It has nothing to do with the bishops.”
Pelosi further described her reliance on her faith and her belief that there is a “divine spark” in each person, a view she shared with the late Representative John Lewis (D., Ga.).
“My faith is always with me. I always feel there’s an angel on my shoulder,” she said.
“That spark of divinity is what I respect in every person, especially if they respect it in themselves.”
