US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received Communion at St. Peter’s Basilica Wednesday, after being barred from the sacrament in her home city of San Francisco.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received Communion at St. Peter’s Basilica Wednesday, according to a local news report, after being barred from the sacrament in her home city of San Francisco. Catholic online newspaper Crux Now reported Wednesday that Pelosi, who was seen by an AFP photographer attending the mass with family members, received Communion from one of the priests present.