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Denver archbishop slams Pelosi on Church teachings and abortion

Washington archbishop rips Pelosi on abortion

[Doohickey]

Boy, that guy will make a lousy politician if he doesn't learn how to get straight to the point!

[pgkdan]

Wow is right!!! His Eminence just went up about 5 pegs in my book.

[Ann Archy]

My PEEPS!!! Way to GO!!!

[Antoninus]

Frankly, I'm surprised Egan said this. He's been pretty low-key on this subject.

Whatever. We'll take it. Well done, your eminence.

[marshmallow]

In Church-speak, this is about as brutal as it can get.

Does Egan read FR? The sort of language he's used is very reminiscent of that used by some exasperated posters around here when referring to Pelosi.

It's almost like he cut and pasted a post from the FR Religion forum.

[Christian4Bush]

Check and mate.

[netmilsmom]

Sorry if I’m underwhelmed.

If the statement holds water then when she gets back to Washington DC and attends mass, she will publicly be denied the Holy Eucharist.

Until then, these are only words.

[Servant of the Cross]

Wow! Wow! Wow! is right. Cardinal Egan just hits it out of the park. These words will echo from now to November:

"In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons. They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith. Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name."

[bestintxas]

What this does in effect is ensure McCain settles on a pro-life VP.

Sorry, Ridge and Lieberman.

[SevenofNine]

OUCH Put some ice on that smackdown Nancy LOL!

[trisham]

“Wow” is right! Thank you, Cardinal Egan!

[Aquinasfan]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

WOW!

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Egan: "Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name."

It's official.

[victim soul]

Thank you Tom Brokaw for the interview.

You have roused a sleeping giant of faithful Catholics who are finally scandalized enough to speak out and condemn the positions (not the persons) of elected officials who claim to be Catholic merely to get a Catholic vote.

Seeing the Democrats passed an even more pro-abortion platform than 2004 let us pray that Catholics who have stayed in this party and voted for these people PLEASE LEAVE NOW!

Ronald Reagan left and so did I many years ago.

And this a reminder to The Republican Party too. You cannot abandon more American children to the abortion industry any longer. 50,000,000 surgical abortions alone in ENOUGH!-—

50,000,000 children who were not loved and protected by all Americans beg for justice and for the lives of all the children waiting in the womb to be born!!

Huge protest sign to be taken down (MUST SEE PICTURE)

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/26/huge-protest-sign-be-taken-down/

[victim soul]

Thank you Tom Brokaw for the interview.

You have roused a sleeping giant of faithful Catholics who are finally scandalized enough to speak out and condemn the positions (not the persons) of elected officials who claim to be Catholic merely to get a Catholic vote.

Seeing the Democrats passed an even more pro-abortion platform than 2004 let us pray that Catholics who have stayed in this party and voted for these people PLEASE LEAVE NOW!

Ronald Reagan left and so did I many years ago.

And this a reminder to The Republican Party too. You cannot abandon more American children to the abortion industry any longer. 50,000,000 surgical abortions alone in ENOUGH!-—

50,000,000 children who were not loved and protected by all Americans beg for justice and for the lives of all the children waiting in the womb to be born!!

Huge protest sign to be taken down (MUST SEE PICTURE)

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/26/huge-protest-sign-be-taken-down/

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[victim soul]

Pelosi and Biden hear from Catholic bishops

http://online.worldmag.com/2008/08/26/pelosi-and-biden-hear-from-catholic-bishops/

Head of Vatican’s Highest Court: Ministers Have “Obligation to Deny” Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians

8/20/2008 7:42:00 PM
By John-Henry Westen -www.LifeSiteNews.com
http://catholiccitizens.org/press/pressview.asp?c=47697

Many have noticed the interest generated by Fr. Malloy’s recent letter to the editor published in the San Francisco Chronicle. So, it seems like a good time to reiterate official Church position on abortion: “Therefore, by the authority which Christ conferred upon Peter and his Successors, in communion with the Bishops—who on various occasions have condemned abortion and who in the aforementioned consultation, albeit dispersed throughout the world, have shown unanimous agreement concerning this doctrine—I declare that direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, always constitutes a grave moral disorder, since it is the deliberate killing of an innocent human being. This doctrine is based upon the natural law and upon the written Word of God, is transmitted by the Church’s Tradition and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium. . . No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church.” -Pope John Paul II; “Evangelium Vitae,”paragraphs 57 & 62, March 25, 1995. (emphasis added).

Thousands march around Denver Planned Parenthood

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2008/08/thousands_march.html

An industry of racism
By Alveda King

http://www.denverpost.com/guestcommentary/ci_10268350

Obama and Democrats Slap Archbishop Chaput
8/24/2008 12:17:00 PM
By www.thecatholicthing.org -Austin Ruse

http://catholiccitizens.org/press/pressview.asp?c=47733

Archbishop scolds pro-choice Biden
Valerie Richardson and Julia Duin
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/archbishop-condemns-bidens-pro-choice-stance/

[Claud]

Nice. Way to go, Cardinal Egan. Only one thing left to do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75OwTuQpqI

[Rome2000]

Botox sure is lucky the Church did away with that “Burning at the Stake” business.

[Jaded]

Front page of the USCCB.

Cardinal Justin Rigali, Philadelphia
Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn