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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, attends a news conference on the "Women's Health Protection Act," on September 24, 2021, outside the US Capitol in Washington DC.

Speaker Pelosi’s Communion Ban: 5 Key Takeaways

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Pelosi's local bishop, has instructed her not to receive Communion because of her extreme pro-abortion rights actions.

Jonathan Liedl Nation

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Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Joseph Cordileone attends the mass and imposition of the Pallium upon the new metropolitan archbishops held by Pope Francis for the Solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul at Vatican Basilica on June 29, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Archbishop Cordileone Tells Priests that Nancy Pelosi Communion Denial is ‘Pastoral, Not Political’

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Reactions to Cardinal Zen’s Arrest Were Notable — and for Different Reasons

Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries

The Men Who Wrote Roe v. Wade

Sue Ellen Browder Commentaries

What Have Popes and the Vatican Said About Catholic Politicians, Abortion and Holy Communion?

Luke Coppen/CNA Vatican

Sigrid Undset Saw Modern Man’s False Hope, and Became a Catholic

David Mills Commentaries

Pope Francis met with Delegations of Indigenous Peoples of Canada on March 28, 2022.

Pope Francis Pilgrimage and Apology to Canadian First Nations Brings Hope of Reconciliation

Peter Jesserer Smith Vatican

In 2018, several parents of students at the school where the teacher taught complained to the archbishop about the teacher's way of life.

Oklahoma Catholic High School Sued for $75M Over Alleged Sex Abuse

Katie Yoder/CNA Nation

How Does the New Vatican Constitution Affect the Secretariat of State?

Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA Vatican

Pope Francis Changes Rules for Major Superiors of Religious Orders

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican

‘The Virgin of the Host’ by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1854

What Mary’s First Communion Teaches Us About Reverencing the Eucharist

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, leaves after speaking at a press conference held in St. Joseph Hospital on May 16 in Jerusalem. The archbishop and other religious leaders in the Holy Land condemned the police response leading up to the funeral Mass of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Decries Police Interruption of Slain Journalist’s Funeral

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome on Nov. 18, 2014.

The Arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen (May 21)

The Supreme Court and Dobbs: For Once, the Sexual Revolutionaries Aren’t Wrong

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L to R: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

BREAKING: Archbishop Cordileone Bars Nancy Pelosi From Communion Until She Ends Abortion Support

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should not be admitted to Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, nor should she present herself to receive the Eucharist, until she publicly repudiates her support for abortion.

Luke Coppen/CNA Nation May 20, 2022

Archbishop Paul Gallagher meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv on May 20.

Vatican Foreign Minister Meets Ukrainian Counterpart in Kyiv

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s equivalent of a foreign minister, said that his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on May 20 focused on ‘pondering the restoration of peace.’

Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican May 20, 2022