Posted on 01/08/2007 6:45:19 PM PST by Coleus
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-abortion House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Catholic in Congress is recasting her image as a Italian Catholic mother, despite her stark defiance of the Catholic Church’s teachings opposing abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage. The Speaker publicized well in advance her visits to St. Leo the Great church in Baltimore and attendance of a special Mass at Trinity University offered for victims of hurricane Katrina and of the Darfur genocide, as part of her plan to propel the image of a good Roman Catholic mother and grandmother at home in the Democratic party.
“The Catholic Mass also signals something very important,” Katherine Hall Jamieson, a liberal professor, told the Baltimore Sun. “The Democratic Party wants those defecting Catholics who have voted for Republicans for a long time but came back to the Democratic Party in 2006 to see the Democratic Party as home.” Pelosi’s much publicized attendance of the Catholic Mass at Trinity January 3rd has dismayed pro-life advocates looking to recently appointed Archbishop Donald Wuerl to correct Pelosi’s assertions that she is a “conservative Catholic.”
Judie Brown, president of American Life League, had appealed to Archbishop Wuerl to use what power and influence he could muster to deter Nancy Pelosi from making the Mass at Trinity University a political spectacle. Brown said it is “unconscionable for Rep. Pelosi to call herself a Catholic in good standing while supporting the heinous act of abortion.” “As a practicing Catholic mother and grandmother, I am highly offended that this woman would use the influence of her new office to flaunt her Catholic label while advocating the brutal murder of preborn children without apology” Brown wrote in Human Events.
“A thinking person with any sort of moral sensibilities would conclude that the bald-faced contradiction between advocating for abortion and heralding one’s attendance at a Catholic Mass is simply outrageous and should not be permitted.” Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Washington and the Archbishop, told LifeSiteNews.com that the Archdiocese had nothing to do with the event. Gibbs said Archbishop Wuerl did not interfere since Trinity University was under the jurisdiction of a religious order, the Sisters of Notre Dame, not the Archdiocese, and said she was redirecting complaints to Trinity. Gibbs did not indicate whether Wuerl intends to discipline Pelosi for her public support of abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage.
Pelosi’s Catholic Mother and Grandmother public relations ploy may be working to distract voters from her uncontradicted anti-Catholic beliefs. A Rasmussen Reports national phone survey of 800 likely voters released Friday show Pelosi's approval rating has jumped to 43 percent -- up 19 points from November. Pelosi, who has received a 100 percent rating from NARAL, a radical pro-abortion group, vowed to reinstate funding for embryonic stem-cell research in the first 100 hours of the 110th Congress.
To respectfully contact Archbishop Wuerl:
The Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl
Archdiocese of Washington
P.O. Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017-0260
301-853-4500
Secretary to the Archbishop: Rev. Carter Griffin, 301-853-4500
Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, 301-853-4500
Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia:
Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell, 301-853-4520
Vicar General and Moderator of Hispanic Ministries:
Most Rev. Francisco Gonzalez, S.F., 301-853-4566
Vicar General and Moderator for Ethnic Ministries:
Most Rev. Martin D. Holley, 301-853-4563 Chancellor: Jane Golden Belford, Esq., 301-853-4520
To contact Trinity University:
Ann Pauley, Media Relations
Trinity, 125 Michigan Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20017
pauleya@trinitydc.edu
(202) 884-9725
See Judie Brown’s Article in Human Events:
Pro-Abortion Pelosi Insults Catholic Faith
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18732
See National Catholic Reporter’s interview with Nancy Pelosi discussing life as a “pro-choice Catholic” and “conservative Catholic”:
Roots in faith, family and party guide Pelosi’s move to power
http://ncronline.org/mainpage/specialdocuments/Pelosi.htm
See Previous LifeSite Coverage:
Will New Archbishop of Washington Deny Pro-Abort Nancy Pelosi Communion at Jan. 3 Showcase Mass? http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/dec/06122005.html
Pro-abortion Dem House Leader Calls Herself a “Conservative Catholic” http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/nov/02111804.html
US Bishops Set to Tell Catholics Opposed to Teaching on Abortion or Homosexuality not to Receive Communion http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/oct/06102001.html
Highest Authorities in Vatican Back Denial of Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jul/04070501.html
Dang! He's a cutie!!
I do understand. You came to this thread and posted like you were drunk, your friend kept your act going and when people asked you to cool it, you said you were working out your differences. You totally hijacked the thread from Pelosi!
I stand by what I said, you make a poor witness for Christ.
Doesn't even look like that old man on my "about page".
He looks like my grand daughter (his mother)
We continue to do what we hope is best...follow the teachings of Christ, attend Mass, confess our sins...and at least on that day of judgment, we can hopefully say that we did not, in good conscious, profane the Body of Christ.
Pelosi, and those Catholics like her who wear her faith on her sleeve for "political gain" will be judged accordingly. And we know very well how Jesus spoke against those who do that.
God will take care of it. May He have mercy on them!
Isn't a priest's duty first to save souls?
Absolutely.
If they see someone who is committing a mortal sin, are they not obligated to get that person into a confessional before receiving the Eucharist?
You can lead a horse to water...you know how it goes. But only sometimes! But will a good confession be made? What about the intent of the confessor? Will they truly be repentant and "sin no more?"
These CINO's will have to answer to God sooner or later. The priest can and should withhold communion from them. That's his duty. It's up to the person to confess their sins, and mean it in order to be back in a state of grace in order to receive.
If they continue to commit their sins and profane The Body of Christ, as you know, they will have to answer to a lot more than a priest!
The Pharisee's are inside the Temple.
Consider yourself provoked. I want to see his picture ;-)
Reply #30, this thread. Thanks for asking. I'm extremly proud of him!
I'm sorry for your loss, it hasn't been that long ago but I didn't know. God bless you and your family.
Lucky for him! ;o)
Thanks for the thread, Coleus.
**If you want to get their attention, reduce your contribution until they change.**
Good suggestion -- Especially if you turn in empty envelopeps with an explanation of why there is no money in it.
What does this say about Speaker Pelosi?
Thank you.
I still think though eventually the Bishop, as presider over the Diocease, will have to make a decision about this. I read somewhere, perhaps on another thread, that maybe the decision by wuerl was made because of the money aspect of it. I do not hope that is the case.
I can't imagine bargaining to receive the Eucharist. But again you are right... we don't know if Pelosi partook in the Eucharist.
Blessings to you!
Suzy... from this thread it looks like I missed some good bantering going about.
It is so good to see those who are willing to defend their faith so valiantly. Thank you! Among the many Catholics, and other Christians I have met here on this site, I am always impressed by the strong committed faith you all represent. I am indeed humbled by the fierceness of conviction.
You continue to inspire this poor venial critter. God bless you all as we go into the new year. May God continue to enrich you with abundant blessings and wisdom.
I really look forward to more great bantering, and the sharing of ideas of our faith to each other.
Blessings to you again!
- Jay
Great post, K.
Can anyone find a difference between allowing "Pelosi to call herself a Catholic in good standing while supporting the heinous act of abortion" is any different from, during WWII, allowing a Nazi to call himself a Catholic in good standing while supporting the heinous act of genocide?
No, but...
Matthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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