Pelosi saw the Pope
It was brief.
And so was the statement the Vatican Information Service issued afterward.
“Following the general audience the Holy Father briefly greeted Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, together with her entourage.
“His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church’s consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in co-operation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development”.
Pray she listened.
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Would politicans who believe that the state is justified in taking the life of a human being, that the death penalty is not cruel and unnusual punishment, be considered “pro-death” politicians. I mean technically they’d have to be… right? And is not a politician who believes that every life born in the U.S. is entitled to good health care, a good quality education, and equal opportunity to a future also considered “pro-life?” The nomenclature itself is polarizing. And how many babies must be the collateral damage from our inability to engage the other side because such polarization. What I mean to say is this. When we start debate with verabl abuse, we prolong and deepen the animosity between sides. Those attacked become hardened in their position. The others also lose an important opportunity to change and soften hearts. Do we not have a responsibility to put away childish things like threats and name calling and use non-partisan words to properly engage those who disagree with us. For do we not share in the pain prolonged by our divisive speech and share in the number of abortions that occur because our self-serving words only harden the hearts of others. I do not presume that unilateral disengagement of such simplistic name calling will end the debate on abortion, but it will go a long way to turning it into a real dialogue. Maybe the Pope understands this. Maybe we all should.
(1 Corinthians 13)