Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi is openly pro-choice, a stance that, quite obviously, contradicts Catholic teaching. After she recently rebuffed a reporter and used her faith to defend her policy views on abortion, it seems at least one priest is calling for her to either comply with \u2014 or renounce Catholicism.<\/p>\n
In an open letter, Fr. Frank Pavone, national director for Priests for Life, a pro-life organization, made known his discontent with Pelosi\u2019s most recent comments about abortion.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast Thursday, June 13, you were asked a question in a press briefing that you declined to answer. The question was, \u2018What is the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell did to a baby born alive at 23 weeks and aborting her moments before birth?,\u2019\u201d Pavone wrote. \u201cInstead of even attempting to answer the question, you resorted to judgmental ad hominem attacks on the reporter who asked it, saying, \u2018You obviously have an agenda. You\u2019re not interested in having an answer.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The priest said, though, that it is Pelosi\u2019s stance on the matter that is problematic, as she isn\u2019t interested in \u201cgiving an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
But that wasn\u2019t the harshest of his rebukes. Pavone went on to charge that Pelosi made a \u201cmockery of the Catholic faith\u201d during the press conference and that she offended millions of Americans who follow church doctrine. Here, he was referring to her claim to be a \u201cpracticing and respectful Catholic\u201d who believes that the abortion discussion is \u201csacred ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
You speak here of Catholic faith as if it is supposed to hide us from reality instead of lead us to face reality, as if it is supposed to confuse basic moral truths instead of clarify them, and as if it is supposed to help us escape the hard moral questions of life rather than help us confront them,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever Catholic faith you claim to respect and practice, it is not the faith that the Catholic Church teaches. And I speak for countless Catholics when I say that it\u2019s time for you to stop speaking as if it were,\u201d added the priest.<\/p>\n