Archbishop Cordileone says no communion for Speaker Pelosi over position on abortion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The measure establishes the legal right to abortion in all 50 states under federal law.
43% : However, he said that while there is no question that "abortion is homicide," bishops must take a pastoral approach rather than wade into the political sphere.
40% : In September, Cordileone asked Catholics in the archdiocese to pray for Pelosi on abortion.
36% : The bill was pushed forward over fears by abortion supporters the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade in its decision on a Mississippi ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
34% : However, Francis also said he understood why the church takes a hard stance because accepting abortion "is a bit as if daily murder was accepted."
32% :Morrill said that while Francis has spoken emphatically against abortion, the pope has also not sought to take part in the so-called "culture wars.
31% : "This is why Pope Francis, as much as any pope in living memory, has repeatedly and vividly affirmed the church's clear and constant teaching that abortion is a grave moral evil."

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