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... check out the link in #38. (Thanks, Flora McDonald)
Confession and CHANGING are the ONLY things that help!!
I don't think Nancy is going to change her position. It's a decision made of a political nature, not one of faith.
Wow....she says she's a moving target and doesn't go to the same church every week because she doesn;t know when the Priest will refuse her Holy Communion!!! WOW she KNOWS she's BAD!! There is still hope for her!!
I read it too. That's Nancy Pelosi alright.
Let's see what happens years from now on her deathbed.....doubt that she will be MOCKING Jesus's teachings and JESUS himself1
All that is required is the basic tenants of Faith.
I believe in one God. The Father, the Almighty. The Creator of Heaven and Earth. And one Lord, Jesus Christ. The only Son of God.
Begotten of the Father, Light from light, True God from True God. Of one being with the Father. Through Him all things were made.
For us and or salvation He came down from heaven and by the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made Man.
For our sake He was crucified under PONTIUS PILATE, suffered death and was buried. On the third day He rose again, in accord with the scriptures. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to Judge the living and the dead, His kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the GIver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, with the Father and Son He is worshipped and Glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
Thats all I can remember.
You were Catholic at one time....I will pray for you to come back to the One TRUE CHURCH.
Oh for heaven's sake. Stop already.
You both look ridiculous.
Suzy justs thinks I was slamming the Church instead of Pelosi.
Thanks for your help, but God not only loves us..He brings us together!
I don't think anyone asked you.
We are working it out!
This was an honest tussle!
Unbelievable! :-(
So, my secret is out huh?
God Bless You.....He already has, hasn't He?
God bless you all, and good night!
Yes.....Jesus wants you back into His Church.....the sonner the better.
LOL! We/re arguing aren't we?
So, Yes, I guess so.
Thanks...we are having a fabulous night.
Graybeard - he REALLY, really is cute!!! You are really blessed! Thanks for sharing.
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