POPE: Geez, this lady calls herself a Catholic?
Posted on 12/29/2009 2:08:32 PM PST by jacknhoo
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The rift between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Catholic Church will likely grow thanks to new comments the abortion advocate made. Pelosi said in a new interview that the "free will" of women wanting abortions outweighs pro-life Catholic teachings.
Newsweek's Eleanor Clift conducted a year-end interview with Pelosi.
The conversation turned to the topic of abortion and health care and Pelosi blasted the Catholic bishops for their opposition to the pro-abortion bill.
She tells Clift it was frustrating that Catholic bishops "were not willing to accept what we know to be a fact" -- that the "public option" would supposedly not violate a ban on federally-funded abortions.
Then, as Clift asks about her "brushes" with the church, Pelosi drops a bomb.
"I have some concerns about the church's position respecting a woman's right to choose," Pelosi responds. "I am a practicing Catholic, although they're probably not too happy about that. But it is my faith."
"I practically mourn this difference of opinion because I feel what I was raised to believe is consistent with what I profess, and that is that we are all endowed with a free will and a responsibility to answer for our actions," she continues. "And that women should have that opportunity to exercise their free will."
Pelosi also told Newsweek she doesn't appreciate being lobbied on abortion but understands her local Catholic officials will try to persuade her.
"When I speak to my archbishop in San Francisco and his role is to try to change my mind on the subject, well then he is exercising his pastoral duty to me as one of his flock," she said. "When they call me on the phone here to talk about, or come to see me about an issue, that's a different story. Then they are advocates, and I am a public official, and I have a different responsibility."
The comments will likely throw fuel on the fire of public opinion within pro-life and Catholic circles that Pelosi is well-outside the mainstream -- but she tells the pro-abortion Newsweek reporter she doesn't care.
"I don't choose to spend my time countering perceptions and mischaracterizations that the other side puts out there. I choose to do my job. Because we are effective, I continue to be the target," Pelosi contends.
Pelosi also talked about how she discussed the abortion funding in the health care bill with a Catholic leader.
"I talked to one of the cardinals. I said to him that I believe that what we are doing honors the principles we talked about: we want to pass a health-care bill, we want it to be abortion neutral, and we want it to [have] no federal funding [for abortion], which is the law. And we believe that our language does that," she recounted. "They said, 'We believe that it does not.' I said, let's sit down at the table and our lawyers can compare language."
For Pelosi, her motive appears to be more about winning than her reputation and standing.
"I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office. I just [want to] make sure that we win the election next year," she said.
The new comments follow on the heels of Pelosi thanking God that the Senate health care bill funds abortions.
POPE: Geez, this lady calls herself a Catholic?
I 100% AGREE! The Church needs to know what the American heretics are up to.
How about “free will” to not buy health insurance Nancy?
Free will to sin doesn’t trump anything.
That would be WONDERFUL TV. Even the media would like that, think of the ratings they’d get running that clip.
Well, the church hasn’t done much to help itself in the area of ‘stealing’ with the whole liberation theology wing and ‘stealing is morally okay if you really need it’ philosophy.
How she can let babies be torn to pieces to effect an abortion and say that the process is okay is way beyond my understanding.
God, please literally take her across the depths of hell so that she will glimpse her fate when she dies--maybe that way she will repent before it is too late. And, Father, forgive me for my conviction and non-forgiveness of her.
Still a Catholic, Pelosi?
If so, someone needs to japslap you hard.
#2—I’ve never heard Clift claim to be a practicing Christian. To claim to know God and allow abortion is to mock God. She’s a liar and daughter of the greatest liar, Satan.
*Free will* is Nan’s 10th amendment cop out to her religion.
Pelosi and her ilk are death-worshiping monsters. To them, mass murder is just another instrument of the State for them to use when they believe that they can get away with it.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Until we are set free, we are slaves to the world and satan. Ms. Pelosi can call it "Free Will" - but she is just another slave to satan, and doing his bidding...
Abortion is Free Will ... Yeah, that's the ticket...
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
We see how well ‘free will’ worked for all those homosexuals and intravenous drug users who died of AIDS.
Excuse me lady... how can it be your faith if don't believe or practice the teachings of the faith.
You bitch. You lie.
But here's the declared Christian religious affiliations of the other members of the House of Representatives:
Baptist 60
Christian 27
Christian Science 3
Church of Christ 3
Congregationalist 4
Disciples of Christ 2
Episcopal 38
Greek Orthodox 6
Lutheran 24
Methodist 53
Mormon 14
Presbyterian 43
Protestant 20
Seventh-day Adventist 2
Southern Baptist 3
Others (1), One each: Anglican, Assembly of God, Christian Reformed, Church of the Nazarene, Community of Christ, Evangelical, Moravian, Quaker, Reformed Church of America, Serbian Orthodox, United Church of Christ.
And what are those churches doing about it?
Seriously, I’m all ears.
Pelosi said in a new interview that the “free will” of women wanting abortions outweighs pro-life Catholic teachings.
So my “free will” of wanting to take a big screen tv for free outweighs the “thou shalt not steal” teaching of the CC. I guess the whole of the Ten Commandments is optional.
“Thou shalt not kill” is only for suckers who believe in a higher power, as far as Nanzi knows...
What merits a [wo]man to gain the world, but lose [her] soul, but FOR AN ELECTION? Hell, Nancy, you might as well quit the RCC and start your own church - call it the "New Anglican Church." You'll certainly be plowing new ground with that project..
There is no virtue in making wrong choices and doing wrong. Pelosi has been given over to a reprobate mind, or she would realize how foolish she is. I doubt she is capable of good conscience and making good choices.
“See, God, I had my little personal faith life compartmentalized here, and I had my public servant life taking up this big section here, and then I had the secret nasty part of my life nobody knew about here,...”
And I could see Christ respond, “Well Nancy, I have the afterlife compartmentalized too. Here I have the section for all the people who trusted in me and attempted to live by my teachings. I call that “Heaven”. Then I have this other section here...”
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