Archbishop, Pelosi to talk about communion

[Lauri]

Archbishop, Pelosi to talk about communion 
By Jackie Kucinich and Ian Swanson 
Posted: 09/08/08 12:57 PM [ET] 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has accepted an invitation from San Francisco’s archbishop to discuss whether she should continue to receive communion at the Catholic Church in the wake of comments she made about abortion.


San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer said he had received letters and e-mails from “many Catholics” expressing dismay over Pelosi’s remarks, in which she said the matter of when life begins remained controversial within the church. He said many of them questioned whether she should be able to receive communion from the church.



Pelosi made the remarks in an Aug. 24 interview with “Meet the Press” host Tom Brokaw after Brokaw said that the Catholic Church believes strongly that life begins at conception.


Her comments have been criticized by several Catholic Church officials, and Niederauer described them as being “in serious conflict” with the church in the Sept. 5 issue of Catholic San Francisco.


Niederauer concludes that, based on Catholic Church statements, it is up to him as Pelosi’s pastor to address whether she may continue to receive communion. He then invites the Speaker “into a conversation with me about these matters.”


“Let us pray together that the Holy Spirit will guide us all toward a more profound understanding and appreciation for human life, and toward a resolution of these differences in truth and charity and peace,” Niederauer wrote.

In a Sept. 5 response hand-delivered to Niederauer on Friday, Pelosi thanks him for the invitation and his gracious remarks about her love for the church and her Catholic faith.

"I 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," she wrote. " I hope that we can meet at your earliest convenience.


"I join you in your hope and prayer that the Holy Spirit will guide our discussions in truth and charity and peace."

Niederauer said he wrote the article because it is his responsibility “to oppose erroneous, misleading and confusing positions when they are advanced.” He described Pelosi’s comments as “opposed” to church teaching.


Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl earlier had issued a statement criticizing the comments, which he said “were incorrect.”

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/archbishop-wants-to-talk-to-pelosi-about-receiving-communion-2008-09-08.html

wonder how Ms. Pelosi is going to spin this one.. 


 

[debk]

I'm thinkin' she might be either looking for a different Catholic parish church and wearing hats and sunglasses throughout Mass in order to take communion....or she's going to be startin' a new religion....The Nancy Pelosi There Are No Morality Rules In This Church 

[DixieBelle]

Heck, I've seen her constituents. They should burn her at the stake for that alone. 

[Lauri]

Heck, I've seen her constituents. They should burn her at the stake for that alone. 

 
makes ya wonder if Nancy even knew she was Catholic to begin with when she has church doctrine so incredibly wrong.

[DixieBelle]

She was only Catholic when they were touting "The First Female to Hold the Speaker of the House Position" little Nancy from Baltimore, Catholic mother of five.

Hmm.....why I think that title is about to be ripped away and bestowed on another fine woman. Except she'll hold the next highest office in the land.

I just thought of something, how cooll will it be to see Palin sitting behind President McCain???

[Chris_]

She was only Catholic when they were touting "The First Female to Hold the Speaker of the House Position" little Nancy from Baltimore, Catholic mother of five.

Hmm.....why I think that title is about to be ripped away and bestowed on another fine woman. Except she'll hold the next highest office in the land. :-)

I just thought of something, how cooll will it be to see Palin sitting behind President McCain???

And you can recall the personal life, family and faith of pelosi got the same treatment as Palin. 

Oh, wait.

Nevermind...