End the Catholic Church’s Abortion Culture Wars

When Pope Francis met recently with Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican, it put in relief the profound disagreement among Catholic leaders over how to deal with elected officials who support abortion rights. While conservative U.S. bishops want to deny Communion to the House speaker, President Joe Biden and other pro-choice Catholic elected officials, Pope Francis and most Vatican leaders seek common ground, refuse to play politics with a sacred sacrament and don’t reduce centuries of Catholic social justice teachings to a single issue.