In other words, Communion is a very big deal. I chose to have the children but this was my PERSONAL CHOICE. What doom loop? Speaker Pelosi, we love you. In 2020, as protesters toppled a statue of Junipero Serra, a Spanish missionary whose treatment of indigenous people has been strongly criticized, Cordileone rallied to the polarizing, 18th-century saints defense and performed an exorcism at the site of a toppled statue in San Rafael. To the best of my knowledge in the external forum, I am of the opinion that Fr. Whereas many Protestant denominations maintain that the rite merely symbolizes Jesus breaking bread with the twelve Apostles during the Last Supper, Catholic dogma goes further, stating that a priests intercession turns the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. archbishops who are CV NEWS FEED // After Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that he is barring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, from receiving Communion in her home Archdiocese of San Francisco, a growing number of other American bishops and archbishops have voiced their support for the decision. On the Dec. 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, campaign leaders placed 7,700 roses outside the U.S. Capitol. He noted that two other women have come forward related to McCloskey, and that they are investigating those complaints. In a May 20 letter to the faithful, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for supporting abortion rights. When McCloskey arrived on the scene as a chaplain at Princeton University in the mid-eighties, he was immediately a polarizing figure. Christians who back abortion rights, he said, have been mindlessly co-opted by the new secular religion and its false blessed sacrament, comparing them to the ancient Israelites who worshipped Moloch, an idol whose devotees engaged in human sacrifice. WebAugust 15, 1978 Ordained a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature by the late Cardinal Franz Knig, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, at the Shrine of Torreciudad, Spain. As I mentioned earlier, murder is a mortal sin. From his post at the influential Catholic Information Center (CIC) on K Street in the early 2000s, Father C.J. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 218 to 211, largely along party lines. More recently, Cordileone chose not to get vaccinated against Covid, and during the pandemics lockdown phase, flouted city restrictions on indoor gatherings to allow public Mass. NOTE: This is a developing story. The campaign against the archbishop intimidated some Catholics who supported him. Archbishop John Nienstedt, Corporate Sole, filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Paul, Minn. as the fairest and most helpful recourse for victims of clergy abuse. Its spiritually dangerous to approach the awesome power of God in Holy Communion with anything less than the respect it demands, said Archbishop Alexander Sample in a May 27 video statement: What Archbishop Cordileone did was actually an act of pastoral love and care for Speaker Pelosi, and for all those entrusted to his pastoral care who might have been led astray by her public support of the evil of abortion. Finnerty confirmed that meeting took place on September 10, 2013, between Cordileone and vicar for the United States, Monsignor Thomas Bohlin and the Vicar for California, Father Luke Mata. 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A spokesman for Opus Dei in the United States, Brian Finnerty, told Crux that Opus Dei did not find that McCloskey violated canon law. He has made every attempt to try and avoid this step, Aquila added. The program will welcome newsmakers, experts, and correspondents from EWTNs global news bureaus in a discussion of current events in the Church, politics, and culture from the lens of the Catholic faith. Bishop Robert Vasa, Diocese of Santa Rosa, CA. The Most Rev. Bishop Gerald Vincke, Diocese of Salina, KS. I do think we would do well to follow Abp. He was a recipient of a 2014 Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Archbishop Joseph Naumann, a previous chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement the same day Cordileone announced his decision regarding Pelosi: I applaud Archbishop Cordileones patient and persevering efforts to enlighten Speaker Pelosi about the moral gravity of her extreme efforts to promote, to advocate and to initiate legislation to enshrine legalized abortion into federal law. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone traveled to Half Moon Bay on Jan. 27 to acknowledge the lives lost and families fractured in a deadly workplace While Finnerty said that Opus Dei has an internal review process for cases of abuse against minors in order to comply with the 2002 Dallas Charter of the U.S. bishops, he said they have yet to establish protocols for assessing other cases involving vulnerable adults. All comments posted at Catholic World Report are moderated. Opus Dei maintains lists of cooperators, Peter and Paul Church in North Beach.). He has also focused on beauty and music in the Catholic liturgy, launching the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship in 2014. The Most Rev. All are welcome here! In a June 6 letter addressed to clergy, seminarians, and Catholic faithful of his central California diocese, Brennan cited the need to show true concern for Pelosis soul and for unborn children and the need to protect Holy Communion, reported the Catholic News Agency: At the same time, the bishop criticized what he suggested was virtue signaling on the part of some Catholic politicians who approach the Eucharist as an opportunity to demonstrate their Catholic credentials for a kind of spiritual photo op.. The First Amendment establishment clause simply prohibits Congress from establishing (!) Cordileones educational background includes seminary studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, an undergraduate degree in sacred theology, and a doctoral degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Please join me in prayer for Speaker Pelosi, that she may embrace the sacred truth and dignity of the human person, formed in the womb, in the image of God. A comprehensive rundown When politicians pontificate about abortion as a choice or even a human right, do we see beyond the rhetoric to the ugliness of what they propose: the deliberate snuffing out of innocent lives, each one of them unique, irreplaceable, and loved by God? he asks. The same act faced a recent procedural vote in the U.S. Senate, where it failed to advance. Several bishops have criticized Joe Biden on similar grounds, although Pope Francis has also called the president a good Catholic.. Bridging our generations, we worship, serve, and play together. In July 1990, after Father Vincent Keane, then head of the Institute, received a dozen letters of complaint against McCloskey and a petition signed by 50 students and faculty members calling on him to be fired, McCloskey was removed from his post. Before he was named a bishop, he spent seven years in Rome as an assistant at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Churchs supreme court on matters of canon law. In Italian, Archbishop Cordileones last name means Heart of a Lion. the list above (bishops who celebrated masses for the death of As political issues, homelessness and abortion are treated as separate things, the archbishop has said. At a January 2022 Mass for the Walk for Life West Coast, he said that abortion has become an inverted blessed sacrament. For some of its supporters, it has become what they hold most sacred, the doctrine and practice upon which their whole belief system is built., This is why, he explained, we see such visceral and violent reaction to any even minimal regulation of abortion in the law.. The letter deemed him suitable for ministry. Often it is the politicians we publicly criticize for receiving communion while in the apparent state of mortal sin, and at times rightfully so, said Bishop Gerald Vincke in a June 3 statement: The most recent example of this is when Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco stated Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will no longer be able to receive Holy Communion because of her outspoken stance on abortion rights. As an aside, Jefferson inherited and then owned slaves from his wifes side of the family, but with the last-will condition that they be emancipated at a rate they could handle transitionally into society, and within no more than five years. Elaine Petrocelli is the force behind Book Passage, one of the Bay Area's most prominent booksellers. The church instead should advocate counseling for unwanted pregnancies which that is what I chose to do. They did not mention the incident with the woman, because it was now over ten years since it occurred in Washington and there had been no complaints in this area since then (and none before he was in Washington).. This new weekly, one-hour news discussion program will offer the Catholic perspective and analysis on the top stories of the week and will be hosted by Montserrat Montse Alvarado, a Hispanic Catholic who also serves as Vice President and Executive Director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. May 20, 2022 McCloskey as a hard-working, dedicated priest, he maintained. Shortly after his installation as archbishop of San Francisco, Cordileone was arrested for a drunk-driving offense in his hometown of San Diego. I am for Pro Choice. This action has further tainted the church, though not as bad as cutting a deal with Hitler to support his regime in exchange for the right to educate German children or protecting pedophile priests. Speaker Pelosi, we love you. Yes, there is a misleading and therefore exploited letter in 1802 sent by President Jefferson to a group of Baptists (!) The NCR Reports: 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. The archbishop thinks so. Pope Francis has made it clear that he disapproves of weaponizing the sacrament of Communion against elected officials, stating last year that it is not the reward of saints, but is the bread of sinners.. While the Catholic Church strongly opposes capital punishment, for example, conservative-leaning Catholics who hold public office and advocate for the death penalty have not been so publicly targeted for their doctrinal lapsesa point Pelosi mentioned on MSNBC. It is not too late: choose life., More than 10,000 roses were dedicated to Pelosi through the campaign, called "Rose and a Rosary for Nancy Pelosi.". Full text of Bishop Paul Coakleys pastoral letter on gender dysphoria, transgender movement Via Nova: [] Oklahoma City, Okla., May 1, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA). The opposition to abortion isn't a matter of religious doctrine, but an issue of "fundamental human rights," Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco said in a Newsmax interview Friday while commenting on President Joe Biden's opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling on Texas' abortion law. Valero said that all internal communications between Opus Dei centers take place via unsigned memos. and Father John Trigilio as additional hosts of the popular daily program Open Line. The archbishop led a pro-life campaign to collect thousands of roses for Pelosi. In California, McCloskey exercised a relatively quiet ministry, though he regularly contributed columns for the National Catholic Register and The Catholic Thing and appeared on EWTN as a television commentator until late 2016. When it comes to reproductive rights, San Franciscos archbishop would seem to be, as the saying goes, more Catholic than the pope. This is America. Its truly astonishing that a group of self-proclaimed prominent Catholics has become so self-absorbed that they believe they can demand that the Holy Father remove an Archbishop because he refuses to sacrifice teaching Catholic values to children in our Catholic schools, she said at the time. With a degree from another Ivy League institution Columbia University and having worked a stint on Wall Street before joining the priesthood, McCloskey acquired a reputation for an in-your-face defense of Catholic teaching and values, a trait that inspired some students and infuriated others. She told the WashingtonPostthat she spoke to McCloskey about her misperceived guilt over the interaction during confession and he absolved her. Certainly, Archbishop Cordileone now has a host of iron mailed supporters. If you believe in the separation of Church and State you would have no problem with Cordileones action as it directly addresses a grave PUBLIC sin known as Scandal. Saying that Cordileone has taken a lot of heat, in and out of the Church, for standing up for whats right, Brennan said he wanted to write in support of the San Francisco archbishop for several weeks. You are a wonderful Christ like leader for Gods people. If you value the news and views Catholic World Report provides, please consider donating to support our efforts. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is in the news for saying that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat and professed When politicians pontificate about abortion as a choice or even a human right, do we see beyond the rhetoric to the ugliness of what they propose: the deliberate snuffing out of innocent lives, each one of them unique, irreplaceable, and loved by God? he asks. In this situation, you have an element that is very similar to child sexual abuse, which is a priest taking advantage of his power., Given what is known now, he added that it would have been better to take him out of ministry completely.. Will he dare abuse, attempt to shame Cordileone as he did DiNardo? bishops) and 11 archbishops, including all 4 metropolitan archbishops 19872000 Admittedly, I thought he carried on the roses appeal too long and should act, then retracted my criticism. This has nothing to do with the separation of church and state. With its emphasis on personal holiness, Opus Dei is among the best-known groups within the Church, and has been the source of various controversies related to charges of secrecy, wealth, and undue control over members as well as its generally conservative profile. Kevin J. Jones is a senior staff writer with Catholic News Agency. I have visited with the pastor at [Pelosis parish] and informed him that if the Archbishop prohibited someone from receiving Holy Communion then that restriction followed the person and that the pastor was not free to ignore it, Vasa said in a statement provided to The Pillar by the Santa Rosa diocese. We represent the voices of millions of Catholics across America who seek to renew our country and our culture, in full communion with and 100% faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. also proposed a clause to Catholic high schools teacher contracts outlining a ministerial understanding of their role a proposal he later withdrew. On the table or gurney today, finally, is whether the Supreme Court even a president can establish (!) Because a city this offbeat deserves a newsletter with some I add my voice supporting your decision. Thank you. Cordileone, priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Speaker Pelosi, for the protection of the unborn, and for the conversion of hearts and minds. who are cardinals in July 2017. That is, in Spainthe 4 metropolitan DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn, African prelate says war, migration and trafficking drive statelessness. How about those that want to imprison the homeless or cut food stamps? This is what equality means: Every human life is equally sacred, Cordileone said at the time. Their ad also objected to Archbishop Cordileones selection of a pastor at Star of the Sea Parish who decided only to have altar boys and not female altar servers. As a Church, we need to do a better job teaching the faithful about the consequences of mortal sin, and this is a message everyone needs to hear. Readers are encouraged to come back again for updates.Last update: 5:00pm, Thursday, 6/9/2022. Let us continue to pray for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosis conversion and a greater respect for life in our country. Believed to affiliate with Opus Dei, a movement of the Church associated with extreme forms of piety, Cordileone is also a proponent of the Tridentine Mass. When vandals and protesters toppled statues of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra, he performed an exorcism at one vandalism site. Why bother with the comment without a working knowledge of the Catholic Church and its theology? We provide news about the Church and the world, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church. Cordileone had allowed the priests of the parish and school to set their own policy on various topics, including limiting altar servers to boys. We can do better.. Notably, this criticism has not been consistently applied to politicians who espouse other positions at odds with church teachings. CatholicVote Civic Action is inspired and organized by faithful Catholic laity. Web56.3. We in the Catholic Church have lost the discretion to do that, he said. Like Christ he perdures. In Italian, Cordileones last name means Heart of a Lion.. Both Valero and Finnerty said that McCloskeys formal ministry was restricted to men following his departure from the CIC. While in London, Valero said McCloskey received regular treatment for alcohol abuse and took part in Opus Deis regular programming. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 218 to 211, largely along party lines. I fail to see how any christian can justify this, or imagine Jesus would be fine with that as a concept. In early 2015 he announced changes to archdiocesan high school teachers handbooks intended to clarify Catholic religious and moral teachings on several controversial topics, including religious teaching, sexual morality, and the ethics of assisted reproductive technologies. of SF politics and culture. He chose this course of action for her persistent stand in support of abortion and for her recent participation in an effort to codify into Federal law the right to take the life of an innocent, unborn child so as to enshrine that right in the law of the land, Brennan said. I used to call it bigotry when people would raise the question of whether Catholic politicians could be trusted to govern because of the way the Catholic Church could use its power of denying communion or excommunication against politicians to influence them. Until that day comes when we get the full history of events such as what happened with McCloskey or such as what happened with the Pennsylvania grand jury report, the Church is going to keep dying a thousand deaths by its own choosing, he surmised. In this current environment, we would have to make public this accusation. He has been an outspoken critic of Catholic teaching on homosexual relationships. EWTN Radio is also announcing Father Brian Mullady, O.P. Your monthly donation will help our team continue reporting the truth, with fairness, integrity, and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. rallied to the polarizing, 18th-century saints defense. Some high school students, teachers, and parents publicly protested the archbishops proposals. And you are all wrong. But with the Catholic sacramental sense we can see that whether we are speaking of the unhoused or the unborn, the underlying issue is the same: Can we see beyond the merely material to the deeper spiritual reality?. I dont respect us foisting it onto others, Pelosi said of using abortion as a litmus test of a persons faith. Cordileones notification to Pelosi set conditions [that] invite Representative Pelosis return to Communion and show her the way to do so on the Churchs terms, not her own, Cary wrote. bitea dose of arts, culture and more. It has to do with the fact that Pelosi is trading on her supposed status as a devout catholic to push the abortion agenda in public (and gather votes).Sadly, many catholic legislators support the abortion agenda without raising their religious affiliation in public.They are still in the wrong, but their situation is not as egregious as Pelosis and Bidens public flouting of church law. Ive said it before and Ill say it again: the answer to a woman in a crisis pregnancy is not violence but love. No bishop enjoys making these decisions but we are all bound to teach the truth with love, compassion and without compromise., Bishop Michael F. Olson, Diocese of Fort Worth, TX, Please join me in praying for [Archbishop Cordileone] for his protection during these times as he shepherds all of his flock with perseverance and fortitude, wrote Bishop Michael Olson on Saturday afternoon. That is the practice, phased out after the reformist 1960s church council known as Vatican II, in which Mass is celebrated in Latin rather than in a communitys vernacular tongue. Pelosi ( and Biden) chose to USE their Catholicism to buy a fake cover of legitimacy for their heinous pandering to abortion supporters. I fully supportthe Archbishops statement, said Bishop Thomas Tobin in a May 23 statement. For more information on EWTN programming and content, please go to www.ewtn.com. But with the Catholic sacramental sense we can see that whether we are speaking of the unhoused or the unborn, the underlying issue is the same: Can we see beyond the merely material to the deeper spiritual reality?. At a January 2022 Mass for the Walk for Life West Coast, he said that abortion has become an inverted blessed sacrament. For some of its supporters, it has become what they hold most sacred, the doctrine and practice upon which their whole belief system is built., This is why, he explained, we see such visceral and violent reaction to any even minimal regulation of abortion in the law.. ', Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, OK. I applaud the courage of Archbishop Cordileone and his leadership in taking this difficult step, wrote Archbishop Paul S. Coakley on Friday: Let us continue to pray for Abp. In Washington, as the newly minted head of the CIC a bookstore and hub for intellectual engagement and spiritual activity McCloskey hobnobbed with the citys powerbrokers. Bishop Robert Vasa, the bishop of the California diocese where Pelosi has a vacation home, said Friday that he will uphold the prohibition when Pelosi attends Mass in his diocese, the Pillar reported: Bishop Robert Vasa of the Diocese of Santa Rosa told The Pillar May 20 he has instructed priests to observe the decision of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone when Pelosi attends Mass at the parish nearby her Napa Valley vacation home and vineyard. Print. He has offered a requiem Mass for homeless people who have died. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is in the news for saying that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat and professed Catholic, may not receive Holy Communion because of her staunch, obstinate political support for abortion. NEW YORK Opus Dei has a reputation as perhaps the most buttoned-down, by-the-book group in the Catholic Church, so when the Washington Post reported last week that it had paid nearly a million dollars to settle a sexual misconduct allegation against one of its most prominent priests, it set off shockwaves and raised new questions about the Churchs response to the clerical abuse crisis. Todays top stories delivered straight into your inbox. He went on to add that McCloskey did not follow those policies, resulting in the incident. While vigorous debate is welcome and encouraged, please note that in the interest of maintaining a civilized and helpful level of discussion, comments containing obscene language or personal attacksor those that are deemed by the editors to be needlessly combative or inflammatorywill not be published. Charles John McCloskey has a current, untreated alcohol or substance abuse problem, he continued. The leaked Supreme Court draft indicating that Roe v. Wade may soon be overturned put advocates for abortion rights on the defensive. Youd think he was from New York with the confidence he espoused, one source who was close to McCloskey at the time told Crux. She supports abortion in the name of womens rights and freedom. In a statement on January 10, Monsignor Thomas Bohlin, Vicar of Opus Dei in the U.S., clarified that Armenio had informed George in person of McCloskeys misconduct allegations and that George also spoke by phone with the victim. (The City Attorneys office sent a cease-and-desist letter to halt this. Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust! The fact that she was emotionally fragile, that constitutes even more as sexual abuse, he admitted. Cordileone previously gave Pelosi thousands of roses to try to sway her heart. I wish to express my strong support for Archbishop Cordileones decision stating he has publicly declared that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi not be admitted to Holy Communion, tweeted Bishop David Ricken on Friday: Speaker Pelosis aggressive promotion of abortion and blatant public disregard for Church teaching has consequences.
