Posted on 09/06/2008 5:50:05 AM PDT by tcg
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is being invited by her hometown archbishop to discuss her erroneous views on the Catholic Church's teaching on abortion.
In a statement released today, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco joined the list of bishops who have responded to Pelosi's misrepresentation of Church teaching, which she expressed during an interview Aug. 24 on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press."
Catholic San Francisco, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, published Archbishop Niederauer's text.Pelosi, when asked to comment on when life begins, said that as a Catholic, she had studied the issue for "a long time" and that "the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition."
Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop William Lori, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, responded the next day stating that her answer "misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church against abortion."
The prelates noted that since the first century the Church has "affirmed the moral evil of every abortion." A series of statements were released by other bishops across the United States, including Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., Archbishop Charles Chaput and Auxiliary Bishop James Conley of Denver, Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop of New York, Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, North Dakota.
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That quote should be framed.
SanFranNan should get a wrap on the knuckles from a Nun while she’e there - for being stupid!
I hope that he reminds Nan that she’s not the spokesperson for the Catholic church!
Man, is she gonna get it!
This is nothing compared to what she will face when she goes before our Heavenly Father.
Archbishop to Pelosi: ‘I’d have a battle of wits with you but you’re obviously out of ammunition.’
Ha ha ha. You know you’re in for it when the archbishop of San Francisco calls you to the residence. The bishops have been hopping mad about this one. Striving for perfect charity and grace is what we are all called to do, but it serves her right for shooting her mouth off about the doctors of the church.
Using the same standards that the media would judge conservatives by, Nancy Pelosi should be hounded into resignation and disgrace. I look forward to a Speaker who is elected by heterosexuals.
Sure, like she’s going to show up.
Uh-oh... Nancy is in a lot of trouble if she’s being calling in to meet with the Archbishop. It’s good to hear they are taking her misrepresentations seriously...
Maybe she will abort the summons .
“The Kingdom of God is not a democracy.”
We’ll just see how “ARDENTLY” Catholic she is. ABout damn time a Bishop called these “catholics” on the carpet about abortion!
She needs something more effective than a ruler across the knuckles:
“Summoned” and “invited” are two different things. The headline clouds the issue.
I agree ... expect to see a press release that sounds like “do you know who I am? And you’re calling me on the carpet?”
... not using those exact words of course.
Just means “cut a nice check ( more specifically, with a minimum of 2 commas to the left of the period) to the church and RC Church will back off”.
Just another opportunity for the largest, most profitiable mutlinational corporation. Where have they been for the past 35 years with all of the so called RC politicians advocating and implementing doctrine counter to the tenets of the RC church?
You mean she’s not the popette?
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