Hours after San Francisco's Archbishop published a letter, inviting the most prominent member of his flock for a friendly chat about abortion, the Speaker of the House accepted.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under fire from U.S. bishops for comments she made about abortion, accepted on Friday an invitation from the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco for a private talk.
Pelosi said in a letter to Archbishop George Niederauer that she'd "welcome the opportunity for our personal conversation and to go beyond our earlier most cordial exchange about immigration and needs of the poor to Church teaching on other significant matters."
Apparently, Joe Biden followed in Nancy Pelosi's footsteps this morning on Meet the Press. He cited St. Thomas Aquinas to assert that there was disagreement among Catholic theologians on the matter of abortion. An excerpt of his answer (with comments) is available at:
Today, Archbishop Chaput of Denver weighed in on Joe Biden. The archbishop said Sen. Biden used a "morally exhausted argument" that American Catholics can't "impose" their religiously based views on the rest of the country. Chaput said resistance to abortion is a matter of human rights, not religious opinion. All law involves the imposition of some people's convictions on everyone else. American Catholics have allowed themselves to be bullied into accepting the destruction of more than a million developing unborn children a year. Other people have imposed their "pro-choice" beliefs on American society without any remorse for decades. "If we claim to be Catholic, then American Catholics, including public officials who describe themselves as Catholic, need to act accordingly. We need to put an end to Roe and the industry of permissive abortion it enables." Otherwise Catholics - from senators and members of Congress, to people in the pews - fail not only as believers and disciples, but also as citizens. Chaput is the third bishop to speak out against Biden.
I hope that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Archbishop George Niederauer will have a fruitful personal discussion and that it will remain personal. In the less than two months before the election, I would like for us to move on to other issues besides abortion. Does it bother anyone that in last week's news our country has pledged $1 billion (that's billion) to aid Georgia in the wake of its invasion by Russia while sending $250,000 (with a promise of $100,000 more) of food, water, blankets, etc., to Haiti in the wake of the death and destruction wrought by three hurricanes in a row (now four)? I would like for us to discuss some of the social justice issues that often get overlooked during a presidential election cycle.
I imagine we will only hear about the outcome of the conversation between Pelosi and her archbishop if she rejects his teaching and he is forced to take addition (medicinal) action.
Can anyone tell me just how long it takes for an egg and a sperm to become fertilized and thus conception takes place????Is the time equal in all cases??? I believe the church did (and perhaps still does) allow a D&C after a rape. This is a scraping of the uterus to prevent the sperm from being fertilized.This was prior to the days of leagalized abortion-Is this still permitted??
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Apparently, Joe Biden followed in Nancy Pelosi's footsteps this morning on Meet the Press. He cited St. Thomas Aquinas to assert that there was disagreement among Catholic theologians on the matter of abortion. An excerpt of his answer (with comments) is available at:
ReplyDeletehttp://wdtprs.com/blog/2008/09/first-pete-and-then-re-pete-biden-follows-pelosi-down-the-slope-on-meet-the-press/
Today, Archbishop Chaput of Denver weighed in on Joe Biden.
ReplyDeleteThe archbishop said Sen. Biden used a "morally exhausted argument" that American Catholics can't "impose" their religiously based views on the rest of the country. Chaput said resistance to abortion is a matter of human rights, not religious opinion. All law involves the imposition of some people's convictions on everyone else.
American Catholics have allowed themselves to be bullied into accepting the destruction of more than a million developing unborn children a year. Other people have imposed their "pro-choice" beliefs on American society without any remorse for decades.
"If we claim to be Catholic, then American Catholics, including public officials who describe themselves as Catholic, need to act accordingly. We need to put an end to Roe and the industry of permissive abortion it enables." Otherwise Catholics - from senators and members of Congress, to people in the pews - fail not only as believers and disciples, but also as citizens.
Chaput is the third bishop to speak out against Biden.
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I hope that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Archbishop George Niederauer will have a fruitful personal discussion and that it will remain personal. In the less than two months before the election, I would like for us to move on to other issues besides abortion. Does it bother anyone that in last week's news our country has pledged $1 billion (that's billion) to aid Georgia in the wake of its invasion by Russia while sending $250,000 (with a promise of $100,000 more) of food, water, blankets, etc., to Haiti in the wake of the death and destruction wrought by three hurricanes in a row (now four)? I would like for us to discuss some of the social justice issues that often get overlooked during a presidential election cycle.
ReplyDeleteWhile not doubting that some issues often eclipse others, it's important to keep in mind that it need not be and should not be an either/or.
ReplyDeleteI imagine we will only hear about the outcome of the conversation between Pelosi and her archbishop if she rejects his teaching and he is forced to take addition (medicinal) action.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone tell me just how long it takes for an egg and a sperm to become fertilized and thus conception takes place????Is the time equal in all cases???
ReplyDeleteI believe the church did (and perhaps still does) allow a D&C after a rape. This is a scraping of the uterus to prevent the sperm from being fertilized.This was prior to the days of leagalized abortion-Is this still permitted??
Anonymous: this article, clinical in its language, gives a complete response to your question.
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