Posted on 08/27/2008 8:44:49 PM PDT by kellynla
Prelates around the country react to Pelosi’s abortion comments – but San Francisco archbishop remains conspicuously silent
Bishops from New York to Denver have issued official statements from their chanceries and posted them to diocesan web sites in an attempt to set the record straight about what the Church teaches regarding abortion. The flurry of episcopal activity followed an Aug. 24 interview in which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, told Meet the Press that Catholic doctrine on abortion is not clear.
[[Egan082708.jpg]]Professing herself to be “an ardent, practicing Catholic,” Pelosi said, “I don't think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins. As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this… over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy.”
Cardinal Edward Egan: Pelosi’s view “utterly incredible in this day and age.”
Within 48 hours of Pelosi’s remarks, Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York, issued a statement expressing his shock at Pelosi’s nationally televised statements, adding “What the Speaker had to say about theologians and their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.”
Cardinal Egan’s statement continued, “We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb. In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at calcatholic.com ...
Perhaps Pope Benedict will give him a call and tell him to get to it — instructing Pelosi, that is. LOL!
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