American Life League to Bishops: Enforce Canon Law, Deny Pelosi Holy Communion
Washington, DC (04 August 2008) – Judie Brown, president of American Life League, issued the following statement regarding Rep. Nancy Pelosi's frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist, as reported in the Aug. 4 issue of The Hill. "Nancy Pelosi's sacrilegious public support of abortion has resulted in untold loss of life. We call on our Catholic bishops, our shepherds, to lead us in showing reverence for the Holy Eucharist – the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity – of Jesus Christ, by enforcing Canon 915: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or the declaration of a penalty as well as others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to communion." Rep. Pelosi and all pro-abortion politicians, who assist in the legalized slaughter of innocent children, should not be allowed to defile the Eucharist with bloodstained hands. We especially ask Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. and Archbishop George H. N...