A Christian Cannot Be A Marxist Or A Socialist

After reading a little more about this, apparently the AB is within his purview to make this decision per the Church.

My beliefs are my own, and I don't agree with their decision. I think it's a very slippery slope.

As a Catholic theology teacher I can confidently affirm that what MDDad has said here is absolutely correct. According to Canon law (and contra Whoopi Goldberg's comments) it is precisely the Archbishop's role to make this determination in the case of public official who obstinately opposes the Church's moral teaching in an area such as abortion. As such, Nancy Pelosi is in a spiritual state of mortal sin and Archbishop Cordileone's edict to prevent her from receiving Holy Communion (in his jurisdiction) is meant as an act of mercy and fraternal correction, so that she might no bring further judgment upon herself by taking the Body and Blood of Christ in an unworthy manner (1 Corinthians 11:27-29).

This is fundamental Catholic teaching on the Eucharist, and would apply to all baptized Catholics, which is why not all who attend Mass receive Communion (for various reasons).

1 Corinthians 11:23-29

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread,
and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

By the way, Joe Biden is in exactly the same moral state as Nancy Pelosi vis-a-vis abortion. Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., or the Bishop of Wilmington (DE) could make the same pronouncement about the President....but I'm not holding my breath.

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