February 21, 2009 8:30 AM
Pelosi - secret meeting w/Archishop Niederauer 2/8
From Catholic Culture:
Meeting between Archbishop Niederauer, Pelosi
February 19, 2009
A spokesman for Nancy Pelosi has told Real Catholic TV and Our Sunday Visitor
that San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer met with the House
Speaker on February 8 to discuss her position on abortion. Commenting
on the meeting, spokesman Brendan Daly said, "She is not changing her
position on abortion." The meeting took place in such secrecy that San
Francisco archdiocesan spokesman Maurice Healy was evidently unaware it
had taken place; he told Our Sunday Visitor on February 13 that
"she has not been able to arrange such a meeting on her schedule,
despite our putting forward several available dates."
I am hoping he made it clear to her that she should not be receiving Communion - especially in light of the fact that the Vatican has recently made it clear that it is their responsibility to confront pro-abortion "Catholic" legislators NOW:
Vatican: Bishops must refuse Communion to pro-abortion politicians
By Katie Walker
Released February 4, 2009
Washington, DC (4 February 2009) - Judie Brown, president of American Life League, issued a statement today in response to an interview in which Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court, stated,There's not a question that a Catholic who publicly, and after admonition, supports pro-abortion legislation is not to receive Holy Communion and is not to be given Holy Communion ... This is a law of the universal Church and it should be applied.About the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Burke commented,
I think this argument [that this matter should be decided by the USCCB] too is being used by people who don't want to confront the issue, this whole "wait 'til the Conference decides"...well the Conference has been discussing this since at least 2004. And nothing happens... Individual bishops and priests simply have to do their duty. They have to confront politicians, Catholic politicians, who are sinning gravely and publicly in this regard. And that's their duty.
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