Posted on 02/18/2009 9:52:17 AM PST by APStyle7
House Squeaker Nancy Pelosi tried to paint her visit this week with Pope Benedict as a meeting of the minds, but his holiness just wasn't havin' it. Pelosi's taxpayer-funded boondoggle, hatched to clear the air with those pesky pro-life Catholics, included a demand for a one on one with the pontiff. Her office press statement of the visit tells one story:
"It is with great joy that my husband, Paul, and I met with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, today. In our conversation, I had the opportunity to praise the Church’s leadership in fighting poverty, hunger, and global warming, as well as the Holy Father’s dedication to religious freedom and his upcoming trip and message to Israel. I was proud to show His Holiness a photograph of my family’s papal visit in the 1950s, as well as a recent picture of our children and grandchildren."
Charming, right? But the statement from the Holy See paints an entirely different picture about the Pope's view of Pelosi wanting to kill more babies. Say what you want about the guy's hat, but he didn't play patsy to Nancy.
"Following the General Audience, the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, together with her entourage. His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church’s consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception until natural death, which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists, and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of development."
(Excerpt) Read more at hopiechangie.com ...
Amateurs shouldn’t compete against professionals.
Strange thing to show when you are on the pro abortion side of the fight...
I mean this is the nicest possible way....:o)
The Pope should ex-communicate these anti-Catholics.
Like, Don't brings horns and a pitchfork to a Rosary fight????
The Pope should’ve performed an exorcism on ‘er right
then and there.
I said it on an earlier thread about this - I picture the scene from the movie Airport where everyone lined up to smack the hysterical woman....in this case, I see the Pope taking the first smack and a whole line of Cardinals lined up behind him waiting for their turn.
Even skipping the smack down on abortion, just this phrase “Following the General Audience, the Holy Father briefly greeted Mrs. Nancy Pelosi,” made it quite clear who was in charge. Pelosi goes down, Pelosi goes down.
Pope 1
Pelosi 0
Please, please let's see ripple effect.
Plastic face, here’s a napkin wipe the egg off your face.
Whatlaothsome creatures these phony Democrats are!
I am surprised a flash of lightening did not strike her when she entered the Vatican.
1. Nazi leaves and the Pope sits down in his big 'ol Pope chair, looks around the room then at one of the Cardinals and says, "Does it feel dirty in here to you?" or;
2. "WTF was that, huh?"
The Pope was wrong to meet with the pro-baby-killer Pelosi. Why would you reward a person responsible for the deaths of up to 1 million Americans a year with a visit by the Pope? It makes no sense.
I suspect he's being gracious (a trait unknown to liberals) by giving her a warning before he goes global against her.
It makes perfect sense. Christ ate and socialized with sinners - should his representative in Rome do any less? I suspect he hoped to bring her back into the fold, as Christ brought many sinners back into fellowship with God.
Oh. Well. All Righty then!
Snicker ... chuckle ... snort!
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