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It is a good video. However, I have some comments.

Here is my question to Catholics on this forum - where is the Church leadership?

Nancy Pelosi makes her asinine statement and with the exception of a couple Cardinals, the Church says nothing. And the video shows Biden - a Catholic - running with Obama - a believer in Black Liberation Theology. How do non-Catholics square with that?

I posted this in another forum:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08091004.html

Your question is a good one but there is change underway, a renewal if you will, one in which Truth is being spoken again. The teachings were always there & now its time to be more public about the contradictions between so called Catholic politicians and the way they vote. Biden & Pelosi no more represent Catholicism anymore than Wallis and Spong represent all Protestants.

**where is the Church leadership? **

For your information (and others) the Bishops, I believe, got a "talking to" by Pope Benedict when he visited the United States. I know our parish hass had two homilies preached on pro-life during the last two months! They have spoken out against Pelosi and it all applies to Biden too. Here is the result thus far:

Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi

Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC responded twice, first in a press release and second in a statement to The Hill. He has also appeared on Fox News, I am told.
Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"
Bishop Glen Provost, LA: "Catholic Church clear on when human life begins"
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn: "Judging the Candidates"

{Last updated on September 10th.}

Notes:

Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
#26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th

Nancy Pelosi makes her asinine statement and with the exception of a couple Cardinals, the Church says nothing. And the video shows Biden - a Catholic - running with Obama - a believer in Black Liberation Theology. How do non-Catholics square with that?

To this point, at least 26 bishops have spoken out against Pelosi and Biden. My preference would be that they all do so loudly and forcefully. But 26 isn't a bad start--and better than most other Christian churches when it comes to rebuking their own members who have publicly gone astray.

Nancy Pelosi makes her asinine statement and with the exception of a couple Cardinals, the Church says nothing. And the video shows Biden - a Catholic - running with Obama - a believer in Black Liberation Theology. How do non-Catholics square with that?

You may not have seen it, though it has been in the news. A whole host of Bishops jumped on Pelosi IMMEDIATELY, to point out to Catholics how wrong her statement was. The same thing happened recently with Biden.

The Bishops are NOT letting these statements stand unchallenged this year, and I'm very proud of them for that! I know that our Diocesan newspaper printed a story about the Bishops taking Pelosi to task the weekend after she made her statement, and there were a couple more articles in this week's paper.