Liberty Reborn

We all know liberals live in their own private La La Land where what they want to believe is the truth even if it is not the truth. Recently, Nancy Pelosi, who claims to be a Catholic, commented that, in her own private La La Land where she lives, that the issue of when life begins has been “an issue of controversy” for the church.

Well, not so fast there Comrade Pelosi! The Catholic Church wants to set you, and other liberals who disregard the truth, straight.

In a rare public rebuke of a top politician, the archbishop of Washington said Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was incorrect when she recently said the moment of conception has long been a matter of controversy within the Catholic Church.

In a release issued Monday night, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said Pelosi’s comments on “Meet the Press” on Sunday “were incorrect.”

Wuerl noted that Pelosi responded to a question on when life begins by mentioning she was Catholic.

The release quoted Pelosi as saying the church has not been able to come with a definition of when life begins.

“After Mr. Tom Brokaw, the interviewer, pointed out that the Catholic Church feels strongly that life begins at conception, she replied, ‘I understand. And this is, like, maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy,’ ” the release said.

Wuerl strongly disagrees.

He said, “We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops. Given this responsibility to teach, it is important to make this correction for the record.”

Wuerl pointed out that the Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear, and has been clear for 2,000 years. He cited Catechism language that reads, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception … Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.”

A Pelosi spokesman did not immediately comment for this article.

The Speaker recently said she, unlike other Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, has not clashed with her church about receiving communion.

I am not a Catholic. And I disagree with the Catholic faith on many things. But when they are right they are right. Biology, basic science, tells us at the moment of conception that a fertilized egg has all the characteristics of life. It also has human DNA which makes it unmistakably human life and worth of protection. There is no question on this issue.

Now, how will Nancy Pelosi react to this? Probably we will hear her spout the same, discredited talking point from her mouth at some later point. Liberals never admit to the truth. And if the Church gets in the way of their beliefs, well, just remember that there is no Earthly power to be more feared than that of a politician with a legion of bureaucrats behind them.

Thankfully however there is a higher non-Earthly power. And Comrade Nancy and her fellow liberals will have to answer to that power one day.

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