Posted on 02/16/2009 4:59:12 PM PST by TaxachusettsMan
In news from another part of the Roman-American fray, it's been confirmed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Pope Benedict following Wednesday's General Audience as part of her Italian tour: On Monday at noon in Rome, the Vatican’s Press Office confirmed to [Catholic News Agency] that Pope Benedict will be receiving U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in an audience at noon on Wednesday.
Pelosi, a self-proclaimed "ardent Catholic" who has sparked significant criticism from fellow Catholics in the U.S. for her pro-abortion views, arrived in Italy on Sunday for an eight-day official visit.... Although numerous reports have been published either confirming or denying that Pope Benedict would receive Pelosi in an audience, the Holy See’s Press Office confirmed to CNA on Monday at noon Rome time, that the Holy Father will receive the U.S. representative on Wednesday at midday.
The press office made clear that the Pope will meet with Pelosi in his capacity as a head of state since the Speaker of the House is the third in line to lead the U.S., should the president and vice president be unable to do so....
Over this past weekend pro-life activists and bloggers launched verbal salvos against the Vatican because they believe that the Holy See plans to present Nancy Pelosi with an award.
This is definitely not true, the Vatican’s press office told CNA. The idea that Pelosi would be awarded by the Vatican most likely is the result of activists confusing the visit to the Vatican with the Speaker of the House being awarded by a group of Italian legislators for being the first Italian American to reach such a high rank in the U.S. government.
Following August comments on Meet the Press attempting to reconcile her faith with her pro-choice stance, the California Democrat was criticized by a number of Stateside bishops and invited to a "conversation" with her ordinary, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco.
Maybe you would be a good person to explain why Catholics in the heavily Catholic state of MA vote so heavily for a solidly pro-abortion—some might say rabidly pro-abortion—delegation? I lived there ~twenty-five years, and the wholesale Catholic support for radically pro-abortion pols was very real, and very discouraging.
Leaders are supposed to lead. The leaders on our side are so passive these days, and they are getting run over by the opposition. This Pope seems like he has backbone, this is an opportunity to show it. All we are asking is for him to step up.
They really are not Catholics, but are CINOs. Catholics in Name Only.
In voting for Obama they excommunicated themselves and cannot receive Communion without going to Confession, promising to amend their ways (Not vote pro-abort) and do the penance/repent.
If what you’re saying is true—and I have no reason to doubt it—shouldn’t there be some kind of Catholic missionary outreach made in the Catholic parishes of MA? The CINOs, as you called them, who make up those congregations form the backbone of Kennedy’s, Kerry’s, Barney Frank’s, etc. support.
bishops should be enforcing Canon 915
***It’s a muddled ground if the Pope meets with someone who shouldn’t be given communion. He could just say that Pelosi needs to clear up her stance on these issues, and then he’d meet with her. By agreeing to meet with such a person, he legitimizes & lends credibility to her efforts. Oh well, it’s not like he’d be alone in such a moral compromise.
You have a good point. Maybe *I* ought to talk to him to. Where do I make an appointment?
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