{"id":2948,"date":"2008-08-25T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/speaker-nancy-pelosi-speaks-boldly-and-badly-updated.html"},"modified":"2008-08-25T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T17:16:00","slug":"speaker-nancy-pelosi-speaks-boldly-and-badly-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/speaker-nancy-pelosi-speaks-boldly-and-badly-updated.html","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks boldly, and badly — UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evidently, Joe Biden isn’t the only Catholic in the Democratic Party who is grabbing headlines today. <\/p>\n

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on “Meet the Press” yesterday and showed her profound, almost incredible ignorance<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has taken it upon himself to educate her. <\/p>\n

He’s released a statement. Read the whole thing here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

H\/T to the always-reliable Anchoress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> The USCCB tonight released a statement<\/a> on the Pelosi mess: <\/p>\n

In the course of a \u201cMeet the Press\u201d interview on abortion and other public issues on August 24, 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church against abortion.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, \u201cSince the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.\u201d (No. 2271)<\/p>\n

In the Middle Ages, uninformed and inadequate theories about embryology led some theologians to speculate that specifically human life capable of receiving an immortal soul may not exist until a few weeks into pregnancy. While in canon law these theories led to a distinction in penalties between very early and later abortions, the Church\u2019s moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development.<\/p>\n

These mistaken biological theories became obsolete over 150 years ago when scientists discovered that a new human individual comes into being from the union of sperm and egg at fertilization. In keeping with this modern understanding, the Church teaches that from the time of conception (fertilization), each member of the human species must be given the full respect due to a human person, beginning with respect for the fundamental right to life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE II:<\/B> The Archbishop of Washington has now thrown in his two cents<\/a>. How long until the Speaker apologizes? Or admits that she was wrong? <\/p>\n

UPDATE III:<\/b> Better late than never…the Cardinal Archbishop of New York has released his own statement<\/a> on L’affair Pelosi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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