Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Bill Donohue comments on Rep. Nancy Pelosi:
Yesterday, Rep. John Boehner extended an
invitation to Pope Francis to speak before a joint session of the
Congress. Joining with him was Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
On March 27, Rep. Pelosi will receive
Planned Parenthood’s highest honor, The Margaret Sanger Award. Pelosi
supports abortion-on-demand, and Planned Parenthood is responsible for
killing more unborn babies than any other institution in the nation. It
is also profoundly anti-Catholic.
In her statement inviting the pope to
speak to the Congress, Pelosi commended him for serving as “a champion
of the less fortunate.” She is correct. Here is what the pope said about
“the less fortunate” in his Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium:
“Among the vulnerable for whom the church wishes to care with
particular love and concern are unborn children, the most defenseless
and innocent among us….It is not ‘progressive’ to try to resolve
problems by eliminating a human life.”
A recent Gospel quoted Jesus as saying
that “No one can serve two masters.” Accordingly, Pelosi should either
refuse to accept the Planned Parenthood award or withdraw her invitation
to Pope Francis.
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whenever and wherever they are threatened.
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