Yes, the San Francisco Examiner has called for the Pope to remove the Archbishop who banned San Fran Nan from getting communion. Still the D.C. “Catholic” church gave her communion on Sunday—of course that church h is more political than religious. But the big question should be who OWNS the San Fran Examiner.
From Wikipedia: “The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.
The longtime “Monarch of the Dailies” and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is owned by Clint Reilly Communications, which bought the newspaper at the end of 2020 along with the SF Weekly.[2]”
Clint Reilly is a Democrat consultant—in the past has worked for Pelosi and her endorsed or supported candidates. They are friends. The editorial was expected. Who cares?
The paper called for Pope Francis to remove the ‘radical’ Cordileone from leadership
By Kristine Parks | Fox News, 5/22/22
Fox News Contributor Raymond Arroyo weighs in on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend,’ arguing that the move is an ‘act of mercy to Nancy Pelosi’ and that one must ‘live consistently the life that you are claiming as a Catholic.’
The San Francisco Examiner’s editorial board wrote a scathing rebuke of the city’s archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, after he announced he would deny Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Holy Communion, over her staunch support for abortion.
Cordileone wrote to Pelosi on Friday, warning her that she cannot receive Communion while vowing to codify Roe v. Wade.
“You are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion,” he wrote.
In response, the liberal editorial board blasted the Catholic leader for “punishing” Pelosi, instead of “right-wing politicians” who “[vote] against health care or funding for the poor.”
They defended Pelosi as a leader who has “consistently fought on the morally right side of these issues,” and praised her as a role model for women.
The editorial board argued that by denying Pelosi Holy Communion, the archbishop wasn’t being loyal to Christ.
“Cordileone’s chief loyalty is not to Christ, but to the cabal of far-right American bishops led by Raymond Leo Burke, a Catholic prelate who has led a continual campaign to undermine Pope Francis’ authority,” they wrote, before demanding the Pope remove the “radical conservative” from San Francisco.
“We repeat the call for Pope Francis to remove him and replace him with a leader who can unify rather than divide. Cordileone’s radical conservative politics might attract more people to the faith in places like Oklahoma or Texas, but his partisan pomposity will win no converts in San Francisco,” the editorial board complained.
The Examiner ended their editorial by praising Pelosi’s Catholicism, compared to the archbishop’s.
“It is Nancy Pelosi, not Archbishop Cordileone, who reflects the true spirit of Christian care in the City of St. Francis,” the board wrote.
In 2021, Cordileone signaled he opposed President Biden receiving communion for his pro-choice stance.
“If you find that you are unwilling or unable to abandon your advocacy for abortion, you should not come forward to receive Holy Communion,” the archbishop wrote in a pastoral letter that did not specify Biden or Pelosi by name.
