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List of bishops who responded to Speaker Pelosi
I said that bloggers must unite in a cause. The cause is keeping the Communion – pro-abortion Catholic politician issue in the public eye.
Diane of Te Deum Laudamus is doing a great service by aggregating the response made by US bishops to Speak Pelosi’s incredible remarks on Meet the Press.
Also, if you want to find lots of excerpts of Fathers of the Church on the issue of life and abortion, check out this post on the blog Cathlidoxy.The list of bishops issuing personal statements is growing. I found more and will update this list, as I get them. Check for updates! St. Augustine would be proud (and his feast day is tomorrow). Most of these links are direct to the respective diocese.
- Archbishop Chaput and Bishop Conley of Denver
- Cardinal Egan of New York (probably the strongest statement)
- Archbishop Donald Weurl of Washington D.C.
- Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport on behalf of the USCCB (on USCCB homepage)
- Bishop Sheridan of Colorado Springs
- Bishop Zubik of Pittsburgh (on homepage)
- Archbishop Neinstadt of St. Paul, MN (on homepage)
- Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Contu of San Antonio, TX (on homepage)
- Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, ND
- Bishop Farell of Dallas, TX NEW
- Bishop Murphy of Rockville Centre (Long Island) NEW
- Bishop Listecki of LaCrosse, WI NEW (added Aug 30)
Please! Pray for our Bishops! May God give them the courage to do all that they must to prevent others from being led into scandal.
I highly recommend that you check in at the following blogs daily for updates. I can’t keep up with the many posts they are making.
UPDATED: Some other great writeups on the topic of politicians and Catholicism:
- Biden’s Bishop Says He Cannot Speak in Catholic Schools (NEW)
- Pope Pelosi at the gate
- Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology (WTOP News)
- Pelosi defends comments on beginning of life as more bishops warn against them George Weigel about Obama, Pelosi, Biden on human life (Fr. Z)
- Fox News Forum: The Speaker Blew It! Nancy Pelosi and the Catholic Church on Abortion (Lauren Green)
- Italian Journalist Sandro Magister: Obama’s Pick for Vice President Is Catholic. But the Bishops Deny Him Communion
- What Makes a Speaker Catholic? (Kathryn Jean Lopez – National Review)
- Pelosi’s Abortion Statements a Scandal Says EWTN Program Host (Christian News Wire)
- Fr. Z: BLOGGERS UNITE! Keep shaping the conversation on pro-abortion Catholic politicians.
Diocese of Dallas.
Comment by Daniel Muller — 28 August 2008 @ 10:37 amThanks Dan – if anyone else finds any, please drop them here if it’s ok with Fr. Z and I’ll amend my list. Many dioceses are choosing to republish what the USCCB put out, but oddly, some haven’t even done that much.
Comment by Diane — 28 August 2008 @ 10:39 amFr. Z: I am just loving how you’re staying on top of this!
Comment by Kradcliffe — 28 August 2008 @ 10:47 amDiane – I mentioned yesterday that a source at the SF archdiocese said Archbishop Niederauer would be giving a statement as well. Nothing yet though.
Comment by Deusdonat — 28 August 2008 @ 10:48 amFather, you should start a list for those of us who report come Monday, that their priests echoed these Catholic bishops from their own parish pulpits this coming Sunday. I have already received a headups from my own good priest that he will be doing exactly that at all the Masses.
Comment by Angelo — 28 August 2008 @ 11:03 amThis (Pelosi’s blatant gaffe) may be just the thing necessary to motivate the Church’s anointed teachers to begin speaking more boldly on the question of the “personally opposed but…” Even perhaps to vindicate H.E. Abp. Burke in his insistence on observing Canon 915. It certainly gives evidence of what ambiguity in teaching has led to over the past forty years.
Comment by Father Totton — 28 August 2008 @ 12:10 pmFr. Z,
I agree that Cardinal Egan provided the strongest statement.
For those who claim to be Catholic and publically disregard and distort the Church’s unambiguous message, however, these are the words that are needed:
“There can be no compromise on this issue. “Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2272). “Those who are excommunicated . . . and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” (Code of Canon Law 915).
“Those Catholics who take a public stance in opposition to this most fundamental moral teaching of the Church place themselves outside full communion with the Church, and they should not present themselves for the reception of Holy Communion.”
Most Reverend Michael J. Sheridan
Comment by Brian — 28 August 2008 @ 12:36 pmBishop of Colorado Springs
Thank you for the updates Fr. Z.
I have forwarded a link to this entry via email to The Diocese of Lansing – Lansing, MI requesting Bishop Boyea join his fellow Bishops in addressing Nancy Pelosi’s Meet The Press Remarks.
I suggest readers of Fr. Z’s blog contact their respective Dioceses to express a similar request.
Catholic Bishops and leaders must voice a united statement with regards to Catholic politicians who support abortion in general and Nancy Pelosi in particular.
Comment by Kazimer — 28 August 2008 @ 12:45 pmJust a side note, Rigali is a Cardinal – not only an Archbishop.
Comment by Joe — 28 August 2008 @ 1:16 pmOne quick correction—A