As an ardent practicing Catholic, uh, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition, and, uh, senator -- uh, I'm -- senator -- Uh, St. Augustin' (sic) said at three months. We don't know. The point is is that it shouldn't have an impact on a woman's right to choose. Roe v. Wade talks about very clear definitions of when the child -- uh, eh, er, first trimester, certain considerations second trimester, not so third trimester. The -- the -- there's very clear distinctions.
Incredible. Now, there will always be "Catholic" politicians like Pelosi, like Kennedy, like Biden etc., politicians who prostitute the faith for the shallow glamour of Georgetown cocktail parties and appearances on Meet the Press. More troubling than the moral falseness and hypocrisy of these duplicitous politicians is the sheepish reticence of the east-coast cadre of American bishops. There are some notable exceptions in the American episcopacy. I'm thinking of Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, and Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln. But all too often, statements like Pelosi's go unanswered. Where is the leadership here? Where is the vigilant, fearless zeal for souls that guided stellar bishops like Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis? Pelosi will bluster and yawp as always. She's unlikely to change. But what I'd like to see change is the apparent insouciance of much of the Catholic leadership in the United States toward "Catholic" politicians acting in clear dissent from Church teaching.
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