Nancy Pelosi and Abortion

There have been several posts today regarding some things said recently by Nancy Pelosi, democrat and minority leader of the US House of Representatives, and some reaction by NARAL.   Deacon Greg posts on this topic, noting:

Pelosi, of course, has in the past strenuously defended abortion, and has even called the right to abortion "sacred ground."

The most significant post, I thought, was this note by Kathryn Jean Lopez at National Review on-line.  See number 7 of the 15 things that caught her eye today.  Quoting the late Cardinal Edward Egan of New York who responded to Pelosi in 2008:

Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America would make the kind of statements that were made to Mr. Tom Brokaw of NBC-TV on Sunday, August 24, 2008. What the Speaker had to say about theologians and their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.

Read her entire post.  Kathryn's point number 8 is also good.

Travel and Visiting Churches too

After Christmas I visited my daughter's family.  While there I was at Mass in two churches and two Parishes.

For the Feast of the Holy Family I was at Mass in Irondequoit NY
at the Church of St Cecilia, which is part of St Kateri Tekakwitha Parish.

For weekday Masses, I was at the Church of the Annunciation, in Rochester NY, which is part of the St Francis Xavier Cabrini Parish.