Posted on 02/03/2007 4:35:22 PM PST by franky
A priest writes to Nancy Pelosi:
“If you can kill a baby in the womb, Nancy, why not outside of it?”
Fr. John Malloy, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco, penned this “Open letter to Nancy Pelosi,” which was recently published in the parish bulletin. We reprint it here with Fr. Malloy’s permission.
Nancy, you are fooling yourself and I fear fooling many good Catholics. You are simply not in sync with the Catholic Church. Until you change your non-Catholic positions, you should stop calling yourself Catholic. Your record shows that you support embryonic stem cell research, Planned Parenthood, contraception, family planning funding, allowing minors to have an abortion without parental consent, and are against making it a crime to harm a fetus, etc. etc.
The fact that you favor married priests and women priests certainly would not classify you as conservative, but your answer to the question are you a conservative Catholic was: “I think so. I was raised in a very strict upbringing in a Catholic home where we respected people, were observant, were practicing Catholics, and that the fundamental belief was that God gave us all a free will, and we were accountable for that, each of us. Each person had that accountability, so it wasn’t for us to make judgments about how people saw their responsibility and that it wasn’t for politicians to make decisions about how people led their personal lives; certainly, to a high moral standards, but when it got into decisions about privacy and all the rest, then that was something that individuals had to answer to God for, and not to politicians.”
That sounds fair and tolerant, but your record belies high moral standards.
The NARAL rates you 100% pro-abortion. Your statement: “To me it isn’t even a question. God has given us a free will. We’re all responsible for our actions. If you don’t want an abortion, you don’t believe in it, [then] don’t have one. But don’t tell somebody else what they can do in terms of honoring their responsibilities. My family is very pro-life. They’re not fanatics and they’re not activists. I think they’d like it if I were not so vocally pro-choice.”
Do we not elect politicians to make laws that help people honor their responsibilities, such as protecting life itself? Can politicians not tell someone else not to kill? If you can kill a baby in the womb, Nancy, why not outside of it? Oh wait, you are in favor of partial birth abortion, so-called because the baby sticks out of the “mother” about halfway, while the “doctor” sucks out the baby's brain. That seems comparable to the choice the Nazis made killing six million Jews.
Yes, Nancy, we (together with your pro-life family) would all like it if you were not so vocally pro-choice, i.e. pro-death. Until your choice is in line with Catholic doctrine, please, Nancy, do not receive the Eucharist when you attend Mass.
Rev. John Malloy, SDB San Francisco, CA
The irony is double ... he was charged with 2nd degree murder , which implies a lack of premeditation. Those who commit abortion do so with malice aforethought. I particularly mean the abortionists (the mothers are often under considerable duress). They should be charged with 1st degree murder.
Thanks, I was wondering where this church was in San Fran. Well, we have orthodox parishes here in Los Angeles too.
It doesn't, unless someone is taking the opposite position they should out of a childish spite against G-d.
Good for this priest. At least his parishioners will know that Pelosi is not a Catholic in good standing.
From what I hear, the Bishop of San Francisco won't like this. Too bad, and God bless Father John Molloy for speaking truth to power.
Perhaps this is a start down the road of reason in that the contradiction is so obvious and jarring that the logic of legalized abortion will begin to break down under the strain. I understand that pro-abort groups fear just that development. They would be hard pressed to come up with an appealing rationalization.
Correct, probably even more so...
interesting observation, I had not thought of it in that context...well said.
Let's hope so...
Spoken like a diehard feminist. These are the exact type of people I DON'T want becoming priests, be they male or female
Instead of refusing them Communion, maybe the Church should refuse to bury them with a Catholic funeral. Maybe they'll start thinking more seriously about it.
As a faithful Christian that might be meaningful to you, but to a secular humanist it would mean: "Great - no consequences for my behavior in this life. In the hereafter, who knows? Maybe God is a liberal woman!" I exaggerate, but only slightly.
If it is made clear to them they will NEVER get that, it might make them think twice. One never knows, does one. It would certainly get them in a place they care about very much; their VANITY, if not their immortal souls.
Spiritually speaking however, her blood is no longer on his hands.
I hadn't thought of it that way.
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