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In remarks at her weekly press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Pelosi said she supports a repeal of Hyde because it is “an issue of health, of many women in America, especially those in lower-income situations and in different states.”
‘Let me just say that I am a big supporter of Roe v. Wade. I am a mother of five children in six years. I think I have some standing on this issue, as to respecting a woman’s right to choose,’ Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
Archbishop Cordileone emphasized that legal abortion in the United States has resulted in 66 million babies “murdered in their mothers’ wombs.”
The Vatican’s statement, from Cardinal Luis Ladaria, exhorted the bishops to “serene” dialogue among themselves, to ensure that they “agree as a Conference that support of pro-choice legislation is not compatible with Catholic teaching.”
USCCB president Archbishop José Gomez’s statement that abortion is “not only a private matter” stands in contrast to the argument of President Biden and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians that they are “personally pro-life” but cannot make the decision for others.
On Thursday, Archbishop Cordileone clarified that “Nancy Pelosi does not speak for the Catholic Church.”
Discussions ahead of the impeachment vote focused on the dangers of division and of dangerous rhetoric
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COMMENTARY: The midterm elections end with the Democrats controlling the House and the Republicans keeping the senate.
The Wisconsin representative cited his three teenage children as one of the main reasons why he would be leaving Congress.
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