Educating the "Theologian," Nancy Pelosi

On the Separation of Sense and State: A Clarification for the People of the Church of Northern Colorado
byArchbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M Cap

To Catholics of the Archdiocese of Denver:

Catholic public leaders inconvenienced by the abortion debate tend to take a hard line in talking about the "separation of Church and state." But their idea of separation often seems to work one way. In fact, some officials also seem comfortable in the role of theologian. And that warrants some interest, not as a "political" issue, but as a matter of accuracy and justice.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a gifted public servant of strong convictions and many professional skills. Regrettably, knowledge of Catholic history and teaching does not seem to be one of them....

Ardent, practicing Catholics [as Pelosi considers herself] will quickly learn from the historical record that from apostolic times, the Christian tradition overwhelmingly held that abortion was grievously evil. In the absence of modern medical knowledge, some of the Early Fathers held that abortion was homicide; others that it was tantamount to homicide; and various scholars theorized about when and how the unborn child might be animated or "ensouled." But none diminished the unique evil of abortion as an attack on life itself, and the early Church closely associated abortion with infanticide. In short, from the beginning, the believing Christian community held that abortion was always, gravely wrong....

The duty of the Church and other religious communities is moral witness. The duty of the state and its officials is to serve the common good, which is always rooted in moral truth....

"which is always rooted in moral truth..." except in today's paganized society as promoted by apostate Catholics like Pelosi and others who have yet to be punished by ecclesiastical authorities!

Now is the time for action, rather than words, to address these so-called Catholic culture of death advocates.

Archbisop Chaput's Letter can be read in its entirety here.