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“Prominent Catholics should not be violating the separation of church and state” by “teaching the wrong thing.” Rep. Pelosi and Sen. Biden, he said, are “doing precisely that.”

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Episcopal Spine Alert!

"“prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception” but would not impose that belief on anyone through law. He claimed that to do so would be “inappropriate in a pluralistic society.”"

Does he believe that murder of a man/woman/child is a sin? If so, does he also feel that he cannot "impose" that belief on anyone through law?

I am not Catholic but sometimes attend the Catholic Mass over in town.

Sunday the priest told the congregation that they must make a choice about what candidate to vote.

As practicing Catholics they must clearly study each candidates views.

He stated that anyone who votes for a candidate that supports abortion is not acceptable.

He stated that anyone who supported abortion would be self excommunicating themselves from Gods church.

I am a Baptist and the sermon was in Spanish so hope I have not misrepresented what the priest said.

“If, as Sen. Biden said, ‘I’m prepared as a matter of faith [emphasis added] to accept that life begins at the moment of conception,’ then he is not merely wrong about the science of new life; he also fails to defend the innocent life he already knows is there,” the bishops said.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent."

I could use a more terse expose of Biden. It is as follows:

If Biden, then flawed logic.

QED

I don’t think NOW and the koskids will be very happy to know that Obama picked a guy that can fall into a trap on one of their biggest issues (the reason to go to war in Iraq is another)

Nearing the end of his homily, Bishop Morlino said Catholics must tell people who need to be corrected “with love,” because otherwise “we will be lost too.”

Exactly. This is entirely in keeping with this past Sunday's first reading, from Ezekiel 33.

Looks like Bishop Morlino is another one to add to the list!

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi

Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC responded twice, first in a press release and second in a statement to The Hill. He has also appeared on Fox News, I am told.
Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
Bishop Edward Slatter of Tulsa adds himself to the list
Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
Bishop James Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, N C responds to the misrepresentation
Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"

{Last updated on September 6th.}

It’s called apostasy. plain and simple.

I met one of Biden’s sons at the Delaware State Fair one election year. I told him in no uncertain terms: “you tell your father for me, that he needs to go to Confession.” He was shocked.