Pelosi Will Continue Seeking Communion
From Yahoo News: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.
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.
Matt's Chat
Here is the key point:"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.Hey Botox...that's the WHOLE POINT! Either your faith means something to you or it doesn't. You can't nuance faith. You just can't.
And they call Bush an idiot...
Mark's Remarks
This is what galls me. These people equivocate and lie, basically turn their back on Christian teaching, but still want to be given Communion, and still get the political good pr for going to church, even as they go against most of what the church stands for? Nancy, if you really were brought up in so strict a household, open up that dusty Bible and see what the New Testament says about those who talk out both sides of their mouth, or about those who talk in words about faith but do not practice faith, who do not adhere to Christ's teachings. Just look it up, if you remember where the Bible is, Nancy.
