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Pelosi says sheâll take Communion in spite of Vatican policies
EFL hattip to WNDHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., like John Kerry a Catholic who supports abortion rights, said Thursday she will continue to ask for Holy Communion in spite of Vatican opposition to pro-choice Catholics doing so. "I fully intend to receive Communion, one way or another. Thatâs very important to me," Pelosi told reporters during her weekly press conference. Does she plan to shoplift the host? Will she wear a disguise? Maybe she plans to go to confession? A top Vatican cardinal said last week that priests must deny Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. The cardinal stopped short of saying whether it was right for Kerry to receive Communion, and the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee quickly affirmed his support for abortion rights and took Communion the next day. The head of a task force of U.S. bishops said Tuesday that Catholic politicians who advocate policies contrary to church teaching on abortion and other issues may risk sanctions that fall short of denial of Communion. "I have not gotten to the stage where Iâm comfortable in denying the Eucharist," said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington. Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat who was raised in a devout Italian Catholic home, told reporters, "I believe that my position on choice is one that is consistent with my Catholic upbringing, which said that every person has a free will and has the responsibility to live their lives in a way that they would have to account for in the end. Iâm certainly concerned when the church comes together and says itâs going to sanction people in public office for speaking their conscience and what they believe," she said. I think she needs to become a Billy Madison in a CCD class. She is obviously confused about her own Catholicism. A Catholic is not a Catholic by upbringing or by standing in line for the Eucharist. Itâs the belief that matters. Maybe she should look into that new religion, Islam, I hear they arenât about whether you can slide on some of the beliefs as long as you donate to the correct charities. The governor of NJ looks to have run into a Bishop with a more ferrous backbone. Bishop: NJ Governor cannot receive communion Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-01 |
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