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An explainer on Nancy Pelosi being denied Holy Communion

By Timothy P. Carney
Published May 25, 2022 1:28pm ET
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An explainer on Nancy Pelosi being denied Holy Communion
Combine the issue of abortion with matters of faith, and you have a perfect recipe for media cluelessness. So, when the archbishop of San Francisco announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a San Franciscan, was not eligible to receive Holy Communion, the media world reacted with confusion, anger, and misrepresentations. Without going too deep into […]


Combine the issue of abortion with matters of faith, and you have a perfect recipe for media cluelessness. So, when the archbishop of San Francisco announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a San Franciscan, was not eligible to receive Holy Communion, the media world reacted with confusion, anger, and misrepresentations.

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