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Pro-Abortion Nancy Pelosi to Meet Pope - HLI Says "Excommunicate the Speaker"
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| 02.13.09
| Kathleen Gilbert
Posted on 02/13/2009 4:19:20 PM PST by Coleus
Reports have surfaced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-avowed "Catholic" adamant abortion supporter, intends to head a delegation to Euope that will meet with Pope Benedict XVI. Today the Drudge Report headlined a report by Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) on Houston's KSEV radio that Pelosi hopes to pass the federal economic stimulus bill in time for her join the group, which reportedly leaves Friday evening.
According to Il Tempo, Pelosi will arrive in Rome Sunday afternoon, her first visit to the city since becoming Speaker of the House. It has not been determined when Ms. Pelosi plans to meet the Pope. Speaker Pelosi has drawn severe criticism from Catholic leaders for her misrepresentation of Catholic doctrine in light of her extreme pro-abortion position.
In a Meet the Press appearance last August, Pelosi justified her support for abortion despite professing Catholicism by saying that "the doctors of the Church haven't been able to make that definition" on whether life begins at conception. "The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose," she continued. "This isn't about abortion on demand, it's about a careful, careful consideration of all factors and - to - that a woman has to make with her doctor and her god."
In September Pelosi's bishop, Archbishop Niederauer of San Francisco, invited her to discuss witih him the abortion issue. Pelosi stated she would "welcome the opportunity," but there is no report of Pelosi having yet scheduled a meeting with the archbishop. Fr. Tom Euteneuer, president of Human Life International (HLI), told LifeSiteNews.com that HLI will be briefing the Vatican "so they are aware of her dismal record on life issues.
"It is our hope that the Holy Father will not grant the floundering Speaker of the House what she surely wants and expects, a quick and valuable photo-op, but will rather give her a stern lecture on contraception and abortion and let her know that her eternal salvation is in danger," said Fr. Euteneuer.
"Further, this would be the perfect opportunity to formally excommunicate the Speaker, as she has done everything a public official possibly can to declare her lack of communion with the Holy Father and the Roman Catholic Church on every conceivable issue."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; bxvi; catholicpoliticians; deathpanels; euteneuer; hli; moralabsolutes; obamacare; pelosi; prolife; zerocare
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this is sickening, it's going to hurt the pro-life movement, but then again, Jesus reached out to sinners and now the Pope has a perfect example in pelosi: abortion and failure to pay a living wage, both are sins that cry out to heaven.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:19:21 PM PST
by
Coleus
To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:20:05 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Abortion, Euthanasia & FOCA - - don't Obama and the Democrats just kill ya!)
To: Coleus
Maybe she will turn into a pillar of salt? It could happen...
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:20:58 PM PST
by
Frank Sheed
(Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
To: Coleus
I’m sure he’ll have stern words for her...in private...after which - the smiling photo op.
To: Coleus
“...but then again, Jesus reached out to sinners...” Jesus also overturned the tables of the moneychangers in the temple. If Pelosi gets any kind if audience with the current Pope (of all popes!), we can stick a fork in the pro-life movement.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:24:47 PM PST
by
utahagen
To: Frank Sheed
Spontaneous human combustion.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:25:59 PM PST
by
ozark hilljilly
(I don't even think I think!)
To: Coleus
So far, every time Biden and Pelosi have opened there mouth in the last 2 years they have been sacked by the bishops.
I know this falls short of the public excommunication that so many Christians wish for, but I do think it has helped to educate Catholics and force them to be knowledgable on Church teaching of the subject. It has generated dialogue and activity among pther pro-life Christians
I actually think the Holy Father will have some very direct words for Pelosi.
To: Coleus
“It has not been determined when Ms. Pelosi plans to meet the Pope.”
My guess is that she will NOT. She’d rather spend OUR money enjoying herself in Italy......corrupt hypocrite!
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:26:16 PM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified DeCartes))
To: Frank Sheed
Or return in an urn, after the lightning bolt strikes.
The best result would be she has a moment like St. Paul on the road to Damascus, and her heart is changed. I pray for her.
To: anniegetyourgun
I think the Holy Father will tell her privately that she should no longer receive communion as long as she advocated abortion.
I do not think he will make it public.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:29:40 PM PST
by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: Rumplemeyer
We need a miraculous intervention like JPII The Great to save us from this diabolical malaise.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:30:26 PM PST
by
ichabod1
(I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
To: Coleus
I have a lot of respect for this Pope. I am not Catholic but I consider his statements and teachings so far to have been a powerful force for good in the world. If he meets with Pelosi without issuing any kind of rebuke I would have to reevaluate his standing. Christ welcome the sinners but he made it no secret that he loved them despite their sins and that because of his mercy their greivous actions could be overcome if they would but repent.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:31:37 PM PST
by
azcap
To: mware
I’m not so sure. Pope Benedict is much more of a tell it like it is type of pope; not so much a sugar-coated one.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:32:35 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Kirkwood
Kirk, I hope you are right.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:36:31 PM PST
by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: Coleus
"Reports have surfaced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-avowed "Catholic" adamant abortion supporter, intends to head a delegation to Euope that will meet with Pope Benedict XVI." Is she planning to scold the Pope for lifting the SSPX excommunications?
To: Coleus
Lightning should strike her before she reaches the Pope. It would sure send a message to the other so-called catholics favoring abortion.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:50:49 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: Coleus
She ought to meet this guy first.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:51:12 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
To: Kirkwood
That is my take on Pope Benedict also. We are blessed to have him!
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:51:59 PM PST
by
mckenzie7
( mohammed = 666)
To: Coleus
We pray You, O Lord, humble the pride of our enemies and let the might of Your right hand crush their arrogance. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit...Amen.
I found the above in my St. Joseph missal and think it's a good all-around prayer re the mess we're in with Clinton3 administration.
To: Coleus
this is sickening Apparently you skipped this sentence.
It has not been determined when Ms. Pelosi plans to meet the Pope.
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posted on
02/13/2009 4:55:39 PM PST
by
NYer
("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
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