Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Nancy Pelosi on Receiving Communion


The Deacon Bench has more at Nancy Pelosi, communicant

Here is a part:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she, unlike other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, has not clashed with her church about receiving communion.In an interview on C-SPAN that aired on Sunday, Pelosi was asked about how some church officials have raised objections about whether former presidential contenders -- such as Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) -- should receive communion.


Pelosi, a Roman Catholic whose district includes most of San Francisco, said she has not encountered such difficulties in her church.“I think some of it is regional,” she said, “It depends on the bishop of a certain region and fortunately for me, communion has not been withheld and I’m a regular communicant so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case.”The hour-long interview tackled religion, which is addressed throughout the Speaker’s new book, “Know Your Power.”

It indeed might be regional but the scandal is national.

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