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Posted: Sat Mar 3rd, 2007 12:26 pm |
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“Pro-choice” is not an option for Catholics, despite Nancy Pelosi, says Oregon bishop.
An Oregon bishop has used House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as an example of Catholic infidelity.
Writing in the March 1 Catholic Sentinel, the newspaper of the Baker diocese and the Portland archdiocese, Robert Vasa, the bishop of Baker, addressing the broader topic of the reception of catechumens, spoke about the “commitment of Faith.” “This commitment recognizes that believing is a graced choice and not merely a feeling; it is a decision. It is a decision which irrevocably alters the whole of the rest of our lives. It is a decision which alters how we see the world,” wrote Vasa.
For instance, said the bishop, if one truly believes that at Mass the bread and wine truly become the “Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity” of Christ, he must, among other things, protect the Sacrament from profanation. However, no one who believes what the Church teaches about the Eucharist could say the following about, say, scattering Consecrated Hosts: “To me it is not even a question. God has given us a free will. We are all responsible for our actions. If you do not want to scatter Consecrated Hosts throughout the Church, you do not believe in doing that, then do not do it. But do not tell somebody else what they can do in terms of honoring their religious convictions. After all, they are just choices.”
But “a prominent Catholic public person, described as faithful to the Church,” wrote Vasa, has said the very same thing, but about abortion. And, without naming the “public person,” Vasa quoted an October 23, 2006 Newsweek interview with Nancy Pelosi. Therein, the interviewer asks Pelosi, since she had had “five children in six years” and a “Catholic background,” whether “embracing choice” was “an issue with your family.”
To which, Pelosi: “To me it isn’t even a question. God has given us a free will. We’re all responsible for our actions. If you don’t want an abortion, you don’t believe in it, [then] don’t have one. But don’t tell somebody else what they can do in terms of honoring their responsibilities.
“My family is very pro-life,” said Pelosi. “They’re not fanatics and they’re not activists. I think they’d like it if I were not so vocally pro-choice.”
Bishop Baker concluded his article: “It is categorically impossible for the same person to state that he or she believes simultaneously both what the Catholic Church teaches and that abortion is just a choice.”
The above article is reposted from the California Catholic Daily.
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Posted: Mon Mar 5th, 2007 04:42 pm |
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Excellent Article!
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. II Corinthians 13:14
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Posted: Tue Mar 6th, 2007 10:48 am |
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The article is indeed good, but there are other choices, that are not just choices, implicit here: the choices made by the vast majority of U.S. bishops to ignore Canon 915.
Bishop Vasa's public criticism is one of only a few exceptions.
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