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Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican despite abortion stance

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi shakes hands with Marco Impagliazzo, President of the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks at the the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Pope Francis, greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi before celebrating a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights. (Vatican Media via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi shakes hands with Marco Impagliazzo, President of the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks at the the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Pope Francis, greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi before celebrating a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights. (Vatican Media via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi shakes hands with Marco Impagliazzo, President of the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks at the the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Pope Francis, greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi before celebrating a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights. (Vatican Media via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi shakes hands with Marco Impagliazzo, President of the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks at the the S. Egidio Community, a Catholic association dedicated to social service, during her visit in Rome, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) Pope Francis, greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi before celebrating a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights. (Vatican Media via AP) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., looks at Pope Francis as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sits in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican before a Mass during the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican despite abortion stance