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Pope To Pelosi: Catholics Cannot Back Abortion
MSNBC ^
| February 18, 2009
Posted on 02/18/2009 9:19:20 AM PST by Steelfish
Pope to Pelosi: Catholics cannot back abortion U.S. House speaker — a pro-choice Catholic — met with pope in Italy
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict, underscoring the Vatican's ruling on an issue that divides Americans, told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday that Catholic politicians and legislators cannot back abortion rights.
Pelosi, a powerful U.S. politician who is Catholic and pro-choice, has been accused by U.S. bishops in the past of misrepresenting Church teachings on abortion.
"His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural and moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death ..." a Vatican statement said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 111th; abortion; catholic; catholicpoliticians; cino; culturewar; deathpanels; excommunication; godgap; infanticide; moralabsolutes; obamacare; pelosi; pope; proaborts; prolife; religiousleft; zerocare
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:19:20 AM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
A no brainer except to a brain dead Lib like Nancy!
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:23:04 AM PST
by
texican01
To: NYer; Salvation
Ping! Even MSNBC got the memo...
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:23:18 AM PST
by
thefrankbaum
(Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
To: Steelfish
The Vatican said it was not issuing a photo of the meeting — as it usually does when the pope meets world leaders — saying the encounter was private. No photo op. :-)
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:24:24 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Steelfish
Meaningless unless the church starts excommunicating members who do vote for abortion
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:24:45 AM PST
by
N3WBI3
(Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
To: Steelfish
No, she just claims to be a Catholic. For her, it’s a social thing, like belonging to the right country club. If more of her constituents were Bhuddist, she would be Bhuddist too!
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:25:06 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Steelfish
Disappointed there wasn’t any on-the-spot zottage
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:25:22 AM PST
by
bigbob
(-)
To: Steelfish
To which she replied “just who do you think is in charge here?”
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:25:23 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs)
To: Steelfish
I guess that it’s about time for Nancy to choose between Ceasar and God.
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:25:32 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Trust in Glock.)
To: Steelfish
In an e-mail issued by her office, Pelosi did not mention the allusion to abortion. She said it was with "great joy" that she and her husband, Paul, met with Benedict. Pelosi and Biden should be thrown out of the Catholic Church.
To: Cicero
the Pope must read Free Republic :-)
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:26:26 AM PST
by
silverleaf
("Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury" - Screwtape)
To: Steelfish
To say he bitch-slapped her would be repetitive and redundant.
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:26:44 AM PST
by
caddie
("Every cat is a masterpiece." -- Leonardo da Vinci)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I am waiting for her to visit Mecca.
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:26:45 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Trust in Glock.)
To: Steelfish
What percentage of Catholics voted for Obama? How do they reconcile that with their religious beliefs?
To: 353FMG
They won’t cut her as much slack as the Pope has!
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:29:03 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: KansasGirl
To: N3WBI3
Meaningless unless the church starts excommunicating members who do vote for abortionAmen to that !
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:31:15 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
.
Dear Pope,
Better tell that to your CINOs.
.
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:32:45 AM PST
by
polymuser
(Bye, bye Miss American Pie.)
To: polymuser
I don’t think the Pontiff understands our acronyms.
To: Steelfish
But didn’t Obama get 50% of the Catholic vote?
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posted on
02/18/2009 9:35:31 AM PST
by
stockpirate
(A people unwilling to use violent force to preserve liberty deserve the tyrants that rule them. SP-0)
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