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Speaker Pelosi to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.
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It’s always exciting when a notorious heretic meets the Pope. Particularly this Pope, who is quietly gearing the Church up for a long-delayed showdown with American Catholics over abortion:
Pope Benedict to meet Pelosi
In a move likely to stoke more controversy about whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights are in line with the church, Pope Benedict XVI has granted an audience to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The Catholic News Agency confirmed Monday that Pelosi (D-Calif.) is to meet Wednesday with Pope Benedict ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
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... Nancy Pelosi will be meeting with Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI, as part of her official trip this week to Italy. The Pope is officially receiving Pelosi in her capacity as a head of state, but The Hill points out there could be some friction -- Benedict has endorsed religious sanctions, from denying communion to full-blown excommunication, against pro-choice Catholic politicians. ...
Revisionist History
Firedoglake —
... On the occasion of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's upcoming visit with Pope Benedict XVI, a conservative American archbishop, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl issued a statement attacking the pro-choice Pelosi by saying that Church teaching is clear, and has been clear for 2,000 years that abortion is "gravely contrary to the moral law." ...
Pope Rebukes Pelosi In Private Audience
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Petition demands denial of communion to pro-abortion-rights politicos
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Petition demands denial of communion to pro-abortion-rights politicos The day before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, Catholic news aggregate PewSitter.com launched an online petition to withhold communion from Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. As explained on the blog Catholic Fire : As of this writing, the petition , which doesn't mention any politicians by name but addresses "prominent Catholics in public life," had been filled out by more than 5,500 users. PewSitter states that completed ...
