The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi , and her husband, businessman Paul Pelosi , left the celebration of Mass at the Church of St. Patrick in Rome on Saturday night due to a "security incident." , as reported by the rector of the church, Steven Petroff.
Close to the church there were clashes between police and protesters against the COVID passport in which the national headquarters of the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL) union was attacked.
You probably heard or saw the ruckus. Unfortunately, I suppose, there was a security incident and unfortunately President Pelosi and her husband had to leave, ”said Petroff in a video posted on social networks.
"I was going to do our second reading today, but of course your safety is the most important thing," explained Petroff, who has related the concern about the demonstrations against the COVID passport that occurred on Saturday in the center of Rome and the proximity to the church.
"It was Pelosi's security detachment that made her leave Mass for her own safety," explained a journalist from the Catholic news agency CAN, Joan Lewis, who denied that Pelosi had been booed, as reported by some media Communication.
Pelosi traveled to Rome on October 8 to deliver the keynote address at the opening session of the G20 Summit of Speakers of Parliaments. On Saturday he met with Pope Francis and other top Vatican officials.
