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Religion Title: Come Again? NYT Headline: 'In Pelosi, Strong Catholic Faith and Abortion Rights Coexist' The New York Times' Jennifer Steinhauer celebrated the faith of the fiercely pro-abortion former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California on Wednesday, under a laugher of a headline, "At Divisive Moment, Pelosis Faith Coexists With Belief in Abortion Rights." The online headline was even "stronger" in silliness: "In Pelosi, Strong Catholic Faith and Abortion Rights Coexist." Steinhauer strove mightily to portray left-wing pro-choice, pro-gay marriage Pelosi as an unconflicted Catholic, despite her position on abortion, considered a mortal sin by the Church but which Pelosi sees as "ancillary to her unwavering faith," according to the Times. Steinhauer portrayed the abortion issue as an unwelcome distraction, a skunk at the party of the Pope's American arrival. But that one issue, abortion, is adding a thick layer of tension to the otherwise convivial mood as Congress prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis this week. The Capitol is ensnared in an imbroglio over funding for Planned Parenthood and a host of other abortion-related fights that could lead to a government shutdown next week. And about that Planned Parenthood controversy, which has resulted in bills in the House and Senate to chip away at federal funding for the abortion provider: .... For Ms. Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the House for more than a decade, abortion and family planning access -- as important proxies for womens rights -- are core values central to her partys platform and base. Opposing abortion rights, and reframing womens health care as having nothing to do with family planning, is just as important to many congressional Republicans. .... A focus on trying to dismantle Planned Parenthood -- a fiscal strategy doomed to fail with President Obama in the White House -- against the backdrop of a visit from the pope detracts somewhat from an otherwise largely unifying visit from a highly popular international figure. For Ms. Pelosi, the notion of disagreeing with other Catholics about abortion has not weighed on her sense of faith. I think everyone grants everyone their position, she said. The church has their position, and we have ours, which is that a woman has free will given to her by God. My family is very pro-life, she added, noting that she has lived with the conflict all her life. Steinhauer kept the details of Pelosi's Catholic cultural heritage coming. Ms. Pelosi keeps a folder in her office with photos and news clips memorializing her encounters with popes over the years, including an elegant black-and-white photograph of her in the eighth grade, dressed in white, during a visit to Rome with her family in the 1950s to see Pope Pius XII. Steinhauer let Pelosi portray herself as a Pope groupie without any challenging questions on theology or moral issues, only cloying vignettes of the former House Speaker "curling up with a copy of the latest encyclical from Pope Francis and a pen, to take notes." .... I loved Benedicts writing and his speeches, said Ms. Pelosi, who carefully reads each encyclical with the rapt attention of a serious cook who devours every issue of Bon Appétit. Her personal favorite is God is love, she said. It is so beautiful. She curled up with a copy of the latest encyclical from Pope Francis and a pen, to take notes. The Times previously celebrated an Emily's List endorsed Democrat as a "devout Roman Catholic." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, after his installation Mass at the Vatican on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Pope Francis has urged princes, presidents, sheikhs and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass to protect God's creation, the weakest and the poorest of the world. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (The Associated Press2013) More Jeb! and Marco Rubio Catholics.
Why didn't the pope slit her throat? She slits throats and chops them up.
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