Mistaken Email: Pelosi Allowed Communion in Washington
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Pelosi was prohibited in her home archdiocese San Francisco by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone in order to avoid a sacrilege. Several bishops endorsed this decision.
WashingtonExaminer.com (May 23) asked Gregory’s communications office about his position and received an email reply that was evidently destined for somebody else,
“Just sharing for you to know what comes in email since Saturday, when I last checked the comms inbox has just been a couple of random people wanting to tell the Cardinal to bring down the hammer on Pelosi. Aside from Jack Jenkins at RNS, this is the only new media inquiry. It will be ignored, too.”
WashingtonExaminer.com asked for clarification and received a follow-up email: “I apologise for the mistaken email. We have not been responding to inquiries on this topic because Cardinal Gregory's position has not changed from what he has said in the past.”
And: “Cardinal Gregory has no new comment about the issue of Catholic politicians receiving Communion. The actions of Archbishop Cordileone are his decision to make in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Cardinal Gregory has not instructed the priests of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to refuse Communion to anyone.”