On Friday, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone penned a notice telling Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that, because of her pro-choice stance, she will not be permitted to take receive Holy Communion. Well, this absolutely triggered the pro-baby killing coven on ABC’s The View.
Whoopi Goldberg Snapped, “That’s not your job, dude!”—It literally is…
In a long-winded rant about what SHE thinks is the role of an Archbishop, Goldberg accused the Catholic church of crossing the line between state and religion:
“The abortion rights battle is starting to blur the lines between church and state. The archbishop of San Francisco – mmm – is calling for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be denied receiving communion because of her pro-choice stance. He’s one of the priests who also called President Biden to be died sacrament.
This is not your job, dude! That is not – you can’t – that is not up to you to make that decision. You know, what is the saying? It’s kind of amazing, but, you know, what is the point of communion, right? It’s for sinners. It’s for the sinners. It’s the reward of saints, but the bread of sinners. How dare you? How dare you?”
Whether they like it or not, politicians are also subject to upholding the morality of the churches they wish to attend just like everyone else. What Pelosi, or anyone, does that goes against those beliefs will have to face the scrutiny of their congregation. Especially when that person speaks out against the core values of the church.
I guess my question is, what in the heck did Pelosi expect? That she could bark about abortions from the pulpit and be well received by the Catholic church?
Transcript
ANNOUNCER: Bad faith? Did the San Francisco archbishop cross the line between church and state by denying Speaker Pelosi communion for her pro-choice stance? And why is the Speaker supporting an anti-abortion Democrat in Texas?
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11:02:07 a.m. Eastern
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: The abortion rights battle is starting to blur the lines between church and state. The archbishop of San Francisco – mmm – is calling for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be denied receiving communion because of her pro-choice stance. He’s one of the priests who also called President Biden to be died sacrament.
This is not your job, dude! That is not – you can’t – that is not up to you to make that decision. You know, what is the saying? It’s kind of amazing, but, you know, what is the point of communion, right? It’s for sinners. It’s for the sinners. It’s the reward of saints, but the bread of sinners. How dare you? How dare you?
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11:03:02 a.m. Eastern
JOY BEHAR: Pope Francis is not pro-choice.
GOLDBERG: No.
BEHAR: He’s also against capital punishment. And I don’t see anybody denying what’s his name, Abbott? Governor Abbott in Texas, who is the Catholic– He’s executed many people. I don’t see them saying he can’t receive communion. So, the hypocrisy is in the church too.
It also depends on each archdiocese. So, this is why Nancy could get communion in Georgetown. Because that particular archdiocese was okay with it. So, everybody is different.
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11:04:01 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: They will fight for this cause, and yet they will allow people that have been abused by the leaders in their communities, they will shove those stories aside and continue to protect their own in the name of the PR of the church. That is disgusting to me.
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11:05:34 a.m. Eastern
ANA NAVARRO: They have paid $4 billion or more in settlement claims for pedophilia. So, if you want to protect children, Archbishop, instead of sheltering pedophilia, you know, pedophile priests, instead of moving them to other churches without telling the community, instead of protecting them, you should be protecting the children who go get catholic education in your churches.
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11:06:51 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: You know, I have learned from you ladies on this show having been here for five years, not to politicize my religion. Right? And so while I believe that abortion is wrong, and I believe that the catechism of the Catholic church that pro-life extends from conception through natural death.
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11:08:29 a.m. Eastern
HOSTIN: Why are they weaponizing the sacrament against Nancy Pelosi, but not treating Bill Barr and Greg Abbott and other pro-death penalty politicians the same way? That’s problematic.
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