Denver archbishop slams Pelosi on Church teachings and abortion

CNA ^ | August 25, 2008

[NYer]

“Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it. Catholics who make excuses for it – whether they’re famous or not – fool only themselves and abuse the fidelity of those Catholics who do sincerely seek to follow the Gospel and live their Catholic faith,” the statement adds.

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[Unam Sanctam]

Good for Archbishop Chaput. As Amy Welborn says, when a politician purports to pronounce what Catholic doctrine is, bishops should as part of their teaching office correct publicly any errors stated. I remember not too long ago Boston Mayor Menino purporting to state what he thought was the correct Catholic view on homosexuality. I truly wish Cardinal O’Malley had issued a public statement correcting his errors.

[JohnLongIsland]

The Killer B’s - Biden and Barack

[NTHockey]

WOW. It’s about time. There walks a man of God.

These words and others spring to mind. Now follow up with action. By her beliefs, she is a heretic. So is Biden. So is Kennedy. So is Kerry.

Bring back the stake for heretics.

[reegs]

If Ms. Pelosi is has truly studied this issue as an “ardent” Catholic, then her response can only be seen as deception, an attempt to convince Catholics in name-only that there is wiggle room in the abortion debate. I pray that she reconsiders her view.

[ladtx]

...“as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time."

Hmm, sounds like she need more practice.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Pelosi should be forgiven. Her limousine rides to Sunday School when she was a Baltimore debutante clouded her memories of what was in the book meant for “those other people.”

[notaliberal]

Ouch! Hey Pelosi, give it up you are not a Catholic!

[Deo volente]

God bless Archbishop Chaput! Catholics in Denver are very fortunate to have such a good and courageous shepherd!

[big'ol_freeper]

God bless Archbishop Chaput!!

[mouse1]

AMEN!

[BlackElk]

You rang???

[jmaroneps37]

Yes but all of us dumb Catholics will vote for the abortion ticket of Obama/Biden because Biden is supposed to be a Cathoilc. Don’t forget that come November. You are too stupid to see through this crap.

[Federalist Society]

I’m glad she didn’t get a pass on this at least by the church. Wonder when the MSM is going to cover this!

[the invisib1e hand]

The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose.”

What shouldn't? The teaching of the Church? The actual beginning of life?

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Catholism has never been for the feint of heart.

Even less going forward, it looks like.

They're gonna hate us for shining light into their darkness.

[xkaydet65]

I am shocked that the Bishop did not add to his statement the fact that by her statement purporting to present the Church’s teachings, Pelosi has endangered the souls of those Catholics who might follow her lead. This is prima facie cause for excommunication.

[the invisib1e hand]

Bonhoeffer, a strong critic and later victim of the Nazi regime in his native Germany wrote that “the destruction of the embryo in the mother’s womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed on this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder.”

Interesting...I don't normally associate Bonhoffer's era with being so egregious about abortion that he would have spoken out about it.

Another similarity...

[sport]

Reference your post # 19:

I agree with the cite word-for-word.