Posted on 06/20/2013 12:32:22 PM PDT by servo1969
A pro-life group called on California Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi to “exercise your duties as a public servant and a Catholic, or have the honesty to formally renounce them,” in a widely-circulated open letter Wednesday.
“Public servants are supposed to be able to tell the difference between serving the public and killing the public. Apparently, you can’t,” wrote national director of Priests for Life Father Frank Pavone. “Otherwise, you would have been able to explain the difference between a legal medical procedure that kills a baby inside the womb and an act of murder.”
Pavone’s letter was written in response to the Minority Leader’s argument with a reporter — The Weekly Standard asked Pelosi to clarify her position on abortion in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell case during a press conference Thursday.
“What is the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell did to a baby born alive at 23 weeks and aborting her moments before birth?” the reporter asked.
Pelosi dismissed the question and equated Gosnell’s crimes with pro-life activists’ condemnation of abortion.
“What was done in Philadelphia was reprehensible and everybody condemned it. For them to decide to disrespect a judgment a woman makes about her reproductive health is reprehensible,” she said. “Next question.”
When pressed for an answer, Pelosi pushed back harder, telling the reporter abortion should not be a political matter.
“As a practicing and respectful Catholic, this is sacred ground to me when we talk about this. I don’t think it should have anything to do with politics. And that’s where you’re taking it and I’m not going there,” Pelosi said, according to the press conference transcript.
In response to Pelosi, Pavone wrote that Pelosi’s answer violated both her duties as a public servant and a practicing Catholic.
“Abortion is not sacred ground; it is sacrilegious ground. To imagine God giving the slightest approval to an act that dismembers a child he created is offensive to both faith and reason,” Pavone wrote. “And to say that a question about the difference between a legal medical procedure and murder should not ‘have anything to do with politics’ reveals a profound failure to understand your own political responsibilities, which start with the duty to secure the God-given right to life of every citizen.”
“Whatever Catholic faith you claim to respect and practice, it is not the faith that the Catholic Church teaches,” Pavone continued. “And I speak for countless Catholics when I say that it’s time for you to stop speaking as if it were.”
I keep wondering whether she actually attends any church -- unless of course she needs it for the photo op!
Finally, someone with the courage to give Pelosi the verbal come-uppance (a nicer way than saying b*tch-slapping since a priest did it) she deserves. Now, it’s time for action ..... politically (vote her out) and religiously (excommunicate her). Unfortunately, neither will happen.
5.56mm
Good God, what a hag....
Wow, good for you Father Pavone!
Finally!
Too bad the church didn’t oust Ted Kennedy also.
LOL - good one!
Good for Father Pavone.
Nancy Pelosi may be “excommunicated” latæ sententiæ, but she needs to be PUBLICLY excommunicated by her bishop. This is because her OBSTINANCE, in the grave matter of abortion, is both PUBLIC and scandalous to the faith.
Her answer and reference to “sacred ground”, IMHO, didn’t have anything to do with the questioning... It was a “deflector” that liberals often use to avoid upcoming logic/hypocrisy traps, kind of a “how dare you” declaration.
But it’s out there now, and it’s been accepted that Pelosi called late term abortion “sacred ground” to her.
A priest can't excommunicate. That is up to the bishop. And you're right. This needs to start happening. And the quicker the better. There's lots of DEMS out there that would shiite their pants if the bishops let loose with a number of excommunications.
I disagree with this premise completely.
It is to the Pope and Bishops to CONDEMN Pelosi or leave the Church
Yeah, I don’t buy that “she excommunicated herself” line unless there is some official rejection of her membership in the church by someone who matters.
In the eyes of Fr. Pavone, this is NOT PR. I know him. I am positive he agrees with all of us that this witch needs to be excommunicated publicly.
“You have sat here far too long to be of any further use. Leave, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, GO!’’.
The Vatican needs to step in and excommunicate her
I don’t think it’s his place to excommunicate her. Is it an official Church action? I didn’t think so.
She may go to mass every Sunday...
...but I bet it’s a Black Mass...
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