{"id":3037,"date":"2008-08-05T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/nancy-pelosi-communicant.html"},"modified":"2008-08-05T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T13:23:00","slug":"nancy-pelosi-communicant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/nancy-pelosi-communicant.html","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi, communicant"},"content":{"rendered":"

This news item<\/a> didn’t get much attention — probably because of the vast (cough) audience (cough) of C-SPAN — but it’s noteworthy: <\/p>\n

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she, unlike other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, has not clashed with her church about receiving communion.<\/p>\n

In an interview on C-SPAN that aired on Sunday, Pelosi was asked about how some church officials have raised objections about whether former presidential contenders — such as Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) — should receive communion.<\/p>\n

Pelosi, a Roman Catholic whose district includes most of San Francisco, said she has not encountered such difficulties in her church.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think some of it is regional,\u201d she said, \u201cIt depends on the bishop of a certain region and fortunately for me, communion has not been withheld and I\u2019m a regular communicant so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hour-long interview tackled religion, which is addressed throughout the Speaker\u2019s new book, \u201cKnow Your Power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pelosi did not directly talk about how her view on abortion is at odds with the Catholic Church. Instead, she noted that there are many issues that the church cares about. Pelosi said the Bible mentions poverty over 2,000 times, and referenced the Gospel of Matthew. She also indicated the importance of recognizing God’s creations, citing the environment.<\/p>\n

The Speaker, who wrote in her book that \u201cmy parents didn\u2019t raise me to be Speaker, they raised me to be holy,\u201d said if more people followed the principles of love thy neighbor and do unto others as they would do to you, \u201cthe world would be a better place.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the sake of clarity, someone should stop lumping Giuliani in the same group as Kerry or Pelosi. His second marriage hasn’t been annulled, and his third marriage hasn’t been convalidated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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