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==Personal life== [[File:Speaker-Nancy-Pelosi-LBJ-Library.jpg|thumb|Pelosi at the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum|LBJ Presidential Library]] in 2022]] Nancy D'Alesandro met [[Paul Pelosi|Paul Francis Pelosi]] while she was attending college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/pelosi/prGeorgetown051802.htm |title=Pelosi: Remarks at Georgetown University School of Foreign Commencement |website=House.gov |date=May 18, 2002 |access-date=June 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804042040/http://www.house.gov/pelosi/prGeorgetown051802.htm |archive-date=August 4, 2008}}</ref> They married in Baltimore at the [[Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore|Cathedral of Mary Our Queen]] on September 7, 1963.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/02/04/baltimore-bred-lawmaker-lives-breathes-politics/|title=Baltimore-bred lawmaker lives, breathes politics|date=February 4, 1995|access-date=December 10, 2011|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|first=Margaret|last=McManus|archive-date=December 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203010933/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-04/features/1995035107_1_dalesandro-pelosi-consummate-politician/2|url-status=live}}</ref> They then moved to New York, followed by a move to San Francisco in 1969, where her husband's brother [[Ron Pelosi|Ronald Pelosi]] was a member of the [[City and County of San Francisco]]'s [[Board of Supervisors]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Supervisors: Past Supervisors |publisher=City and County of San Francisco |url=http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=26925 |access-date=November 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114004327/http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=26925 |archive-date=November 14, 2008 }}</ref> Nancy and Paul Pelosi have five children, including [[Christine Pelosi|Christine]] and [[Alexandra Pelosi|Alexandra]], and nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ABCPolitics |number=1083852879922847744 |title=Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "I'm the mother of five, grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one." |date=January 11, 2019 |access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref> Alexandra, a journalist, covered the Republican presidential campaigns in 2000 and made a film about the experience, ''[[Journeys with George]]''. In 2007, Christine published a book, ''Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for Future Leaders''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Whiting |title=Christine Pelosi's boot camp trains future politicians to avoid the campaign minefield |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/CM1UUF1RH.DTL&feed=rss.swhiting |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=February 3, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2008 }}</ref> Pelosi resides in the [[Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California|Pacific Heights]] neighborhood of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-a-wall-around-nancy-pelosis-home/|title=Is This a Wall Around Nancy Pelosi's Home?|website=Snopes|last=Evon|first=Dan|date=February 16, 2018|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181224054821/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-a-wall-around-nancy-pelosis-home/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/washington/13pelosi.html|title=Home in San Francisco, Pelosi Gets the Crawford Treatment|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 13, 2007|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211220014/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/washington/13pelosi.html|archive-date=December 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Her 2016 financial disclosure report lists among her assets a combined home and vineyard in [[St. Helena, California]], two commercial buildings in San Francisco, and a townhouse in [[Loomis, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2016/10015814.pdf|title=Financial Disclosure Report, Hon. Nancy Pelosi|publisher=Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives|access-date=June 24, 2018|date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> In January 2021, her San Francisco home was vandalized with graffiti, messages of "[c]ancel rent" were left on her garage, along with fake blood and a severed pig's head.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/01/report-pelosi-san-francisco-home-vandalized-graffiti-apparent-pigs-head/|title=Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco Home Vandalized With Graffiti, Severed Pig's Head|first=Katie|last=Nielsen|publisher=[[KPIX-TV]]|date=January 1, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194842/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/03/report-pelosi-san-francisco-home-vandalized-graffiti-apparent-pigs-head/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/vandals-trash-nancy-pelosis-garage-with-pig-head-stimulus-demand|title=Vandals Trash Pelosi's Garage With Pig Head, Stimulus Demand|first=Adam|last=Rawnsley|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=January 1, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194843/https://www.thedailybeast.com/vandals-trash-nancy-pelosis-garage-with-pig-head-stimulus-demand|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Financial status=== Pelosi's husband, Paul, is a wealthy investor and the primary source of the couple's wealth.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rouan |first1=Rick |title=Fact check: No, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't worth $196 million |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/16/fact-check-house-speaker-nancy-pelosis-net-worth-inflated-meme/4707087001/ |work=USA Today |date=March 16, 2021}}</ref> In 2009, [[OpenSecrets]] estimated Pelosi's net worth at $58 million, making her the 13th-wealthiest member of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&filter=C&sort=D&ptysort=A&year=2009|title=Net Worth, 2009|publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] |access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194858/http://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/top-net-worth?type=W&filter=C&sort=D&ptysort=A&year=2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, OpenSecrets reported Pelosi's net worth had almost doubled, to about $101 million, making her the 8th-wealthiest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php|title=Net Worth, 2014|publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] |access-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130195153/http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php|archive-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> ''Business Insider'' reported that Pelosi's net worth was $26.4{{spaces}}million in 2012 and made her the 13th-richest member of Congress.<ref name="Hickey">{{cite news |last=Hickey |first=Walter |title=The 15 Richest Members Of Congress |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-members-of-congress-the-hill-2012-8#13-rep-nancy-pelosi-d-calif-is-worth-264-million-3 |date=August 23, 2012 |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194922/https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-members-of-congress-the-hill-2012-8#13-rep-nancy-pelosi-d-calif-is-worth-264-million-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, ''Roll Call'' estimated Pelosi's net worth at $16.0{{spaces}}million, making her the 30th-wealthiest member.<ref name="Roll Call Wealth of Congress Index 2014">{{cite web |author1=Paul V. Fontelo |author2=David Hawkings|title=Ranking the Net Worth of the 115th|url=http://media.cq.com/50Richest/|website=Roll Call|date=2014|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194835/https://www.rollcall.com/wealth-of-congress/ |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Roll Call'' said Pelosi's earnings are connected to her husband's heavy investments in stocks that include [[Apple (Company)|Apple]], [[Disney]], [[Comcast]] and [[Facebook]]. ''Roll Call'' reported that the couple have $13.46{{spaces}}million in liabilities including mortgages on seven properties. According to ''Roll Call'', Pelosi and her husband hold properties "worth at least $23{{spaces}}million, including a St. Helena vineyard in [[Napa Valley]] worth at least $5{{spaces}}million."<ref name="Roll Call Wealth of Congress Index 2014" /> As of 2021, Pelosi's net worth was valued at $120 million, making her the 6th richest person in Congress. According to journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]], the Pelosis have traded $33 million worth of tech stocks over the past two years, including Apple, [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Microsoft]], Facebook, and [[Google]] stocks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Rich Is Nancy Pelosi?|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-nancy-pelosi-210041125.html|access-date=October 31, 2021 |publisher=[[Yahoo! Finance]] |date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> In May and June 2021, Pelosi's husband purchased stocks in tech companies such as [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]], Amazon, and Apple, netting a gain of $5.3 million. This occurred even while Speaker Pelosi was working on anti-trust legislation to better regulate the tech industry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nancy Pelosi's husband makes $5.3 million on timely bets|url=https://fortune.com/2021/07/08/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-big-tech-stocks/|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}</ref> The CEO of Apple, [[Tim Cook]], had called Pelosi to lobby her in opposition to the new regulations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schnell|first=Mychael|date=June 23, 2021|title=Tim Cook called Pelosi to say tech antitrust bills were rushed|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/559959-tim-cook-called-pelosi-to-say-tech-antitrust-bills-were-rushed/|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> Pelosi opposes increasing regulations on stock trades by members of congress, stating that "we're a free market economy" and congresspeople "should be able to participate in that."<ref>{{Cite news |author=Mangan |first=Dan |date=December 15, 2021 |title=House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes banning Congress members from owning individual stocks: 'We're a free market economy' |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/15/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-opposes-banning-stock-buys-by-congress-members.html |access-date=December 16, 2021 |work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> This comment drew strong criticism, including from Democrats who favor banning stock trades by members of Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Marcos |first=Christina |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Pelosi faces pushback over stock trade defense |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/586499-pelosi-faces-pushback-over-stock-trade-defense/ |access-date=January 11, 2022 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> ===Involvement in Italian-American community=== Pelosi is a board member of the [[National Organization of Italian American Women]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board Members|url=http://www.noiaw.org/ct/html/ta/me/about-noiaw/board-members/ti/board-members|access-date=October 6, 2013|quote=Distinguished Board Member|publisher=[[National Organization of Italian American Women]]|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194911/https://www.noiaw.org/board-members/|url-status=live}}</ref> She served for 13 years as a board member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2007, she received the NIAF Special Achievement Award for Public Advocacy and remains involved in the foundation. ===Catholic church=== Pelosi considers herself a "devout Catholic", but has had numerous disagreements with members of the church hierarchy over gay rights, abortion, contraception, and in vitro fertilization. She has said that her biggest disappointment was the church's lobbying against the Affordable Care Act because of contraception coverage.<ref name="Calmes LATimes">{{cite news |last1=Calmes |first1=Jackie |title=Column: Nancy Pelosi's indelible mark |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-23/nancy-pelosi-capitol-board-of-education-room |access-date=April 22, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> Pelosi and Catholic bishops have also disagreed about [[abortion]] rights. Although she thought it was "lovely" that she had five children in a little over six years, she argued that "It's a woman's right to make her own choices with her family, her God, her doctor."<ref name="Calmes LATimes" /> On May 20, 2022, [[Salvatore Cordileone]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco|archbishop of San Francisco]], announced that Pelosi would be barred from receiving [[Holy Communion]] because of her support of [[Abortion-rights movements|pro-choice]] abortion policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-archbishop-pelosi-communion-abortion-support?intcmp=tw_fnc|title=San Francisco archbishop bars Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to abortion support|date=May 20, 2022|access-date=May 20, 2022|work=[[Fox News]]|first=Adam|last=Shaw}}</ref> Cordileone had communicated his concerns on April 7, 2022, writing, "should you not publicly repudiate your advocacy for abortion 'rights' or else refrain from referring to your Catholic faith in public and receiving Holy Communion, I would have no choice but to make a declaration, in keeping with [[Canon 915]], that you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/full-text-archbishop-cordileone-s-letter-to-nancy-pelosi-banning-her-from-holy-communion|title= Full Text: Archbishop Cordileone's Letter to Nancy Pelosi Banning Her From Holy Communion|date=May 19, 2022|access-date=May 20, 2022|first=Salvatore|last=Cordileone}}</ref> On June 29, 2022, Pelosi received Communion at a Papal Mass presided over by [[Pope Francis]] in Rome at [[St. Peter's Basilica]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2022 |title=Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate|first=Nicole|last=Winfield |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pope-francis-politics-religion-nancy-pelosi-249a32b2af9de647f1bae94aacb60c6e |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Pelosi takes Communion in Vatican despite her support of abortion rights |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-takes-communion-vatican-pope-francis/ |access-date=July 2, 2022 |publisher=[[CBS News]]|first=Christopher|last=Brito |date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> ===Home invasion=== {{Main article|Attack on Paul Pelosi}} In October 2022, while Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., an intruder entered her San Francisco home demanding to know her whereabouts, and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer..<ref name="NYT1031">{{cite news |last1=Thrush |first1=Glenn |last2=Browning |first2=Kellen |last3=Vander Ploeg |first3=Luke |title=Intruder Wanted to Break Speaker Pelosi's Kneecaps, Federal Complaint Says |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 31, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/us/pelosi-home-attack-suspect-charged.html |accessdate=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101000509/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/us/pelosi-home-attack-suspect-charged.html |archive-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> The assailant, David DePape, was convicted on federal and state charges and sentenced to life without parole.<ref>David K. Li, [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/david-depape-sentenced-life-parole-hammer-attack-paul-pelosi-state-cas-rcna177881 David DePape sentenced to life without parole for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi in state case], NBC News (October 29, 2024).</ref> ===Health=== In December 2024, Pelosi was hospitalized after fracturing her hip while falling down stairs in high heels during an official trip to [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grayer |first=Annie |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Pelosi admitted to a hospital in Luxembourg after sustaining injury |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/13/politics/pelosi-hospital-injury?cid=ios_app |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |last2=Hubler |first2=Shawn |title= Pelosi Hospitalized in Luxembourg After Falling |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 13, 2024 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-hospitalized-luxembourg-falling.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Pelosi in hospital after injury on overseas trip |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wq3jld884o |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> She was there as part of a bipartisan [[congressional delegation]] to observe the 80th anniversary of the [[Battle of the Bulge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-13 |title=Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she 'sustained an injury' from fall on official trip to Luxembourg |url=https://apnews.com/article/nancy-pelosi-injury-hospital-luxembourg-d55392b1dd9ebc2af77795bb46e364ed |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> On December 14, she underwent [[hip replacement]] surgery at [[Landstuhl Regional Medical Center]], a U.S. military hospital in [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jalonick |first1=Mary Clare |last2=Mascaro |first2=Lisa |date=December 14, 2024 |title=Pelosi has hip replacement surgery at a US military hospital in Germany after a fall |url=https://apnews.com/article/pelosi-hip-replacement-surgery-fall-germany-b01379d1f1124dcd3cf41c789dae4a58 |access-date=December 14, 2024 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
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