But her decision in September to bring to the floor a bill making Roe v. Pelosi has been a vocal advocate of abortion rights for decades. 'After numerous attempts to speak with Speaker Pelosi to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, and the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion,' he said. Cordileone notified Pelosi that her staunch support of abortion and her refusal to personally explain her position to him forced his hand. In an announcement that he also tweeted out, Archbishop Salvatore J. WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will no longer be able to receive communion in her hometown of San Francisco after the local archdiocese said her vow to make abortion legal crossed a line the Catholic church could not ignore.