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FILE - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrates Easter Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, April 12, 2020. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday, May 20, 2022, that he would no longer allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Archbishop Cordileone is right

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

This image released by ABC shows co-host Whoopi Goldberg on the set of the daytime talk series &quot;The View.&quot; Goldberg’s colleagues on the ”The View'' had virtually nothing to say Wednesday about her two-week suspension for her comments earlier this week on Jews and the Holocaust. At the top of the ABC talk show, co-host Joy Behar noted Goldberg’s absence and said simply with a tiny head tilt, “OK,” before moving on to other topics (Jenny Anderson/ABC via AP)

Whoopi Goldberg rips archbishop for denying Pelosi communion: ‘Not your job, dude’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., greet family members before a funeral service for former Rep. John Dingell, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington. Mrs. Pelosi has been barred from Holy Communion, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday, May 20, citing her support for abortion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) **FILE**

San Francisco archbishop bars pro-choice Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site

Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

Cordileone thankful for San Francisco teacher contract agreement

Catholic News Agency

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

San Francisco Catholics deeply divided over archbishop

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks through a gate to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school after students, teachers and supporters gathered for a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on Catholic teachers to lead their professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control. Non-Catholic teachers are asked not to publicly undermine the teachings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Catholic pushback: Archbishop Cordileone is the ‘shepherd we need’

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

Anti-Cordileone ad misrepresents Catholicism, archdiocese says

Catholic News Agency

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks through a gate to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school after students, teachers and supporters gathered for a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on Catholic teachers to lead their professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control. Non-Catholic teachers are asked not to publicly undermine the teachings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Catholics supporting Archbishop Cordileone on school identity feel silenced, pressured

By Kevin Jones - Catholic News Agency

Students and supporters carry signs as they walk toward Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory after a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

STORM CLOUDS: San Francisco archbishop strikes back

By Kevin J. Jones - Catholic News Agency