Back in November of 2020, Gregory made headlines when he affirmed that he would not deny giving Holy Communion to pro-abortion former Vice President Joe Biden
The editorial board charged the archbishop with being ‘in open defiance of Pope Francis’ who preached in June that ‘the Eucharist is not the reward of saints, but the Bread of sinners.’
For too long, Church officials have been derelict in their duty, allowed this outrageous scandal to continue, and refused to defend the innocent unborn effectively.
'A Catholic legislator who supports procured abortion, after knowing the teaching of the Church, commits a manifestly grave sin which is a cause of most serious scandal to others.'
'A conversion of heart of the majority of our congressional representatives is needed on this issue [of abortion], beginning with the leader of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.'
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone made his comments ahead of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' meeting this week, when they are scheduled to discuss the topic.
'It perplexes me, I don’t know how anyone could think that something that’s so obvious as ‘a boy is a boy and he needs to grow into being a man,’ … can be a question.'