Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:
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Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
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... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
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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.
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Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
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... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
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Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
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Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
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Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
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... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
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Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
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... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
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Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
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Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
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Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
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Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
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Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
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Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
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Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
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Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
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Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
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Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
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Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
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Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"
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Bishop Glen Provost, LA: "Catholic Church clear on when human life begins"
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn: "Judging the Candidates"
{Last updated on September 10th.}
Notes:
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Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
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Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
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#26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th
If you wish to circulate it, please COPY and don't LINK--linking uses my bandwidth. This needs to be communicated to the pro-life communities in PA, which may well decide the election.