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Thank you for your letter.

I am baffled by Catholics like Pelosi who support abortion and homosexuality. Both of these have been clearly and logicly and broadly condemned by the Church leadership, including most of the US bishops.

My sister is one of these, or at least she used to be. I think she may have rethought her position, though I've not talked to her about it in many years. (Amazing what becoming a mom can do...) Unlike Pelosi, though, my sister would never have thought to call herself a "conservative Catholic"... she was unabashedly liberal.

It is important to recognize that most Catholics are not in agreement with Pelosi. The Right-To-Life movement is replete with solid Catholic supporters and workers, and in fact in my area Catholics form the base of the movement. One of my church friends spends most of her free time working against abortion, and has dozens of folks in church working with her. Hypocrites like Pelosi debase the fine work these people do.

This public figure Pelosi-type "Catholic" must be strongly condemned by the Church for exactly the reasons you state in your letter.

"It is important to recognize that most Catholics are not in agreement with Pelosi."

I'm sorry, but my experience is quite the opposite. Most Catholics, especially in the big cities, are pro-abortion , and are not especially concerned about even such a horrendous crime as the abuse of boys by homosexual Priests.

The Catholic Church in America is just a wh (And my family has been Roman Catholic since Saint Patrick!)olly-owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party, and I have no use for it. (And my family has been Roman Catholic since Saint Patrick!)