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To: NTHockey
It is important that we watch to see if there is any response from Pelosi’s Bishop or Biden’s Bishop. Both brag about how devout they are. Nancy even bragged that she was in good standing with her Bishop.

Have you noticed that there is no statement from the Council of Bishops? Maybe their silence is why all 16 “Catholic” Democrat Senators support and promote abortion, they have the tacit approval from their Bishop in the form of silence.

Imagine. these two are practicing in your face defiance of the church and their Bishop and ....silence.

7 posted on 08/28/2008 5:24:14 PM PDT by paguch
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To: paguch
Have you noticed that there is no statement from the Council of Bishops?

Maybe you should start paying attention.

Bishops respond to House Speaker Pelosi’s misrepresentation of Church teaching against abortion

WASHINGTON--Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, have issued the following statement:

In the course of a “Meet the Press” interview on abortion and other public issues on August 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church against abortion.

In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, "Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law." (No. 2271)

In the Middle Ages, uninformed and inadequate theories about embryology led some theologians to speculate that specifically human life capable of receiving an immortal soul may not exist until a few weeks into pregnancy. While in canon law these theories led to a distinction in penalties between very early and later abortions, the Church’s moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development.

These mistaken biological theories became obsolete over 150 years ago when scientists discovered that a new human individual comes into being from the union of sperm and egg at fertilization. In keeping with this modern understanding, the Church teaches that from the time of conception (fertilization), each member of the human species must be given the full respect due to a human person, beginning with respect for the fundamental right to life.

10 posted on 08/28/2008 5:38:15 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: paguch

>>Imagine. these two are practicing in your face defiance of the church and their Bishop and ....silence.

That has been going on since Vatican II, when Liberals took over the Church. Churches were desecrated, everything “old” went out the door and the poor Catholics in the pews were left behind. The Libs defied the Bishops and the Bishops acquiesed. This may be a little like closing the barn door after the cows are out. But hey, better late than never.

I didn’t leave the Church, my Church left me.


11 posted on 08/28/2008 5:54:59 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners.)
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To: paguch
..... all 16 “Catholic” Democrat Senators support and promote abortion...

Abortion is a sacrament in the democRAT party.

14 posted on 08/28/2008 6:54:56 PM PDT by phil1750 (Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
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