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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., traveled to Rome over the weekend to meet with Pope Francis amid an ongoing debate over abortion in America.
According to a tweet from Pelosi’s account, the meeting, which took place Saturday at the Vatican among a private audience, was a “spiritual, personal and official honor.”
Pelosi, a Catholic who has faced criticism for her views on abortion, has maintained over the last few years that she believes the procedure is part of a woman’s right to choose.
Last month, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, called for a “massive and visible campaign of prayer and fasting” for the conversion of Pelosi’s heart following the passage of HR 3755, which, according to him, would “impose abortion on demand nationwide at any stage of pregnancy.”
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2021.
“A conversion of heart of the majority of our congressional representatives is needed on this issue, beginning with the leader of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi,” Cordileone said in a statement. “I am therefore inviting all Catholics to join in a massive and visible campaign of prayer and fasting for Speaker Pelosi: commit to praying one rosary a week and fasting on Fridays for her conversion of heart.”
Cordileone’s statement came amid a raging abortion debate, which gained steam this month when the Supreme Court allowed Texas to implement its heartbeat bill. The return of a conservative majority to the Supreme Court has also prompted discussion about Congress codifying Roe v. Wade in case it’s overturned.
Pope Francis speaks with U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as they meet at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2021.
Pelosi previously defended HR 3755, titled the Women’s Health Protection Act, and dissented from Cordileone, who described the measure as “child sacrifice.”
“The archbishop of the city of that area, of San Francisco, and I had a…
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