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
Wow! Do you have a direct quote?
What good is dying on a Cross? In other words, what good is suffering? Suffering can make us holy. We need to trust God. "Pick up your cross and follow me."
But why are there evil people within the Church? Keep in mind that Jesus deliberately chose Judas to be one of his apostles.
Jesus also said about "the weeds":
Matthew 13:28-30"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
BTTT
"I didn’t think I wanted to be a nun, but I thought I might want to be a priest because there seemed to be a little more power there, a little more discretion over what was going on in the parish."That's a telling comment. Is she aware that priests are supposed to be servants of God?
Q: Women as priests?Because the priest acts "in the person of Christ," who is a man? Because Jesus only chose men as his apostles?A: Oh absolutely…Why not? Why not?
It's sad that a woman of her age knows so little about her faith, which is supposedly of importance to her.
...those relationships have been sadly affected by the decision on the part of some in the church to disassociate themselves from [some political leaders] because of our position on choice.I don't know any Catholics who are opposed to choice. Oh, by "choice" she means chopping babies into little pieces. No, the Church doesn't favor that.
Q: Is it more difficult today to be a pro-choice Catholic then it was, say, ten years ago?If you obeyed the Church's teachings, you wouldn't have a problem. If you don't want to obey Church teachings, join a religion of your own choice.A: It’s about the same. Now when I traveled across the country when I was campaigning for candidates this last time, when I was in another city on a Sunday, I would try to find a Catholic church nearby. I heard some of the sermons in some of the churches down south, so I understand what some of our colleagues undergo in the church -- it was difficult. We’ve had those sermons in California, but a little more subtlety than I was hearing down south. It gave me a better understanding of what some of my colleagues are going through.
I have never in my district in California, in my archdiocese…if I was going to [be allowed to] receive communion; I never knew if this was the day it would be withheld. And that’s a hard way to go to church.
Fortunately, I’m invited -- I have a big family -- I go to a lot of weddings, I’m in a different church every week. I’m a moving target. I travel, so I’m not exactly a target in terms of always being in the same church, although I go to St. Vincent DePaul, which is my neighborhood parish.In addition to that, on many occasions the archdiocese has told the nuns that I couldn’t be the speaker at some event. And that’s hurtful because we have so much in common. But it’s the decision the church has made.
These people, for their church attendance, are just as guilty of genocide as Hitler himself!!
As a Catholic, I see this as one of the great problems facing the Church in America. Many Protestants have a dubious view of Catholics - some of it valid but mostly based on idiocy. However, when Protestants see politicians such as Kennedy, Pelosi, Tony Williams, Kerry, and other Catholics openly defy their Church teachings without repurcusions, they conclude the Church is excusing and abetting evil.
Thats all I can remember.You missed "...the Holy Catholic Church...", that IS part of the Creed.
Go to the link at post #38 and the last several short paragraphs are REAL EYE-OPENERS!! Read it and tell me what you think!
Read post #38....the link has an interview with Pelosi and she KNOWS that she may be refused Holy Communion at any time, that's why she goes to diffreent churches!!
I agree EXCEPT, HOW does a Priest KNOW that that person did not just go to Confession??? Very tricky.
I still pray for you and your hatred.
See #164
Eye opening isn't it!! It's not like she doesn't know she's doing wrong.
If communion has been administered to Kennedy or Kerry, it would be difficult for the church, already under fire from feminists, to withhold it from Pelosi. It really would be inconsistent. The church needs to stand for something. Or not. But do it across the board.
A Priest can not ask each Commincant if he has just gone to Confession. We all have free will, Catholics KNOW the rules, and woe to us who blatantly break them.
AMEN!
I'd be willing to bet that if had been denied, it would've made the news. The fact that there weren't any reports about it makes me think she probably took it. Plus, we're not talking about conservative dioceses here.
Nothing new here - just more Democrat hypocrisy. Hope all the liberals are happy now. They now have their Mommy to take care of them.
Even confession won't help, IMHO.
Confession might help IF the person is extremely sorry for their actions and then perhaps do something to redeem themselves. For example, a person could have been pro choice for ten years and then see the light finally and may need to work for a pro-life group as a volunteer. Of course I am not God, but that might work at least some. I guess all of us won't know until the day we are in front of St. Peter ready to go and meet with God.
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