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| Pelosi says she’ll take Communion in spite of Vatican policies |
| 2004-05-01 |
| EFL hattip to WND House 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. That’s 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 I’m 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. I’m certainly concerned when the church comes together and says it’s 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. It’s the belief that matters. Maybe she should look into that new religion, Islam, I hear they aren’t 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 |
| #6 Not to mention her Confirmation vows and training |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-01 10:53:47 PM |
| #5 check out the committments and rites for 1st Communion - she's a lying hooch for abortion - "sorry Nan - hope this wafer doesn't taste funny - it's not what everyone else got" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-01 10:49:46 PM |
| #4 Hmm. Actually AFAIK (I may be mistaken) Catholicism doesn't define its members by whether they believe its full teachings or not, but through the mystery of baptism -- and I believe that Catholics are allowed to disagree with the teachings of the Catholic church and nonetheless remain Catholic, as long as said disagreement doesn't violate the *core* teachings -- that is probably the Nicene Creed and probably also whatever has been pronounced infallibly correct by a Pope. Or some such. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. The above is the impression I've gotten from the occasional random discussion with Catholics in Usenet and other places. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-05-01 10:47:01 PM |
| #3 Barbara, Pelosi is practicing her own religion too, it is just not Catholicism. She has created her own "free form jazz exploration" into religion that requires a Catholic liturgy for its completion. It is as if she is an amateur performance artist that jumps onto the stage during an orchestral concert. I guess that we Catholics should be satisfied that she doesn't grab the baton and try to lead the orchestra into playing Sweet Home Alabama. Her practice is a parasite unto an unwilling host. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-01 10:55:39 AM |
| #2 I suppose I should stay out of it, since I don't do (organized) religion, and I'm certainly not Catholic, but what the hell is it with these people who pick and choose parts of a religion they can agree with, publicly and loudly dismiss and denigrate the parts they don't, and then claim that religion "is very important" to them? Do they somehow get points for showing up at church and for sticking the religion's name after theirs, even when they don't practice the tenets of that religion? Must work only for Democrats, since they give President Bush so much grief about his religious beliefs. Oh, wait.... Bush actually practices his beliefs. That must be the difference. My bad. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-01 10:15:07 AM |
| #1 If I were her, I'd worry more about choking on it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-01 9:23:36 AM |