The Boston Globe: As Abortion Foes Grow More Intense, A New View Surfaces

October 30,2008

In New York, Cardinal Edward M. Egan published a picture last week of a 20-week-old fetus in his newspaper column and declared that abortion is a crime "no less heinous than what was perpetrated by Hitler and Stalin." Read More...

San Francisco Chronicle: Pelosi views on abortion in synch with most Catholics

September 15,2008

In its response to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's comments last month about abortion, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops missed the mark on political discourse in the United States. The conference not only commented on its interpretation of what Speaker Pelosi said, not what she actually said, but also chose to place itself at the center of the political discussion on abortion. Read More...

The Hill's Congress Blog: Individual Conscience In Moral Decision Matters At Core of Catholic Tradition

September 14,2008

Earlier this week, in their response to vice presidential nominee Senator Joseph Biden’s recent comments about abortion, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops missed the mark on political discourse in the United States. Read More...

Wall Street Journal: Abortion's Foes -- on Both Sides of the Aisle

September 12,2008

If the 2008 campaign has established one indisputable fact, it is that Nancy Pelosi is no St. Augustine. Nor is Joe Biden another Thomas Aquinas. The two Democrats -- and Roman Catholics -- invoked both those church heavyweights recently on separate "Meet the Press" appearances, responding to a question from Tom Brokaw as to when life begins and what that means to their support for abortion rights. Read More...

Time: Does Biden Have a Catholic Problem?

September 12,2008

When Barack Obama announced that he had chosen Joe Biden as his running mate, Catholic Democrats knew some kind of religious rumble was inevitable. Read More...

The Hill: Pelosi to meet archbishop for talks on communion

September 09,2008

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has accepted an invitation from San Francisco’s archbishop to discuss whether she should continue to receive communion at the Catholic Church in the wake of comments she made about abortion. Read More...

Washington Times: Pelosi 'pastor' asks to meet on abortion; Barring Communion at issue

September 06,2008

San Francisco Archbishop George H. Niederauer, home bishop to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, released a letter Friday saying that local Catholics are pressuring him to forbid the California Democrat from receiving Holy Communion because of her recent televised remarks favoring abortion. Read More...

The Hill's Congress Blog: Catholic Bishops Not on the Same Page as Pelosi, American Catholics

August 27,2008

In their responses to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl and the US bishops commented on their interpretation of what Speaker Pelosi said, not what she actually said. Speaker Pelosi was correct in noting that Catholic teaching has changed over the years, even on the issue of when life begins. Read More...

National Catholic Reporter: Bishops dispute Speaker Pelosi comment on abortion

August 26,2008

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press Aug. 24, said “doctors of the church” had taught different ideas at various times about when life begins and that the matter had been “an issue of controversy” over centuries. She also said the absolute teaching that life begins at conception was a development of recent decades. Read More...

The Hill: Pelosi’s feud with archbishop escalates

August 26,2008

The public feud over abortion between the Speaker of the House and the archbishop of Washington intensified Tuesday as Rep. Nancy Pelosi responded to his recent criticism and the archbishop fired another salvo at the California Democrat. Read More...

Religion News Service: Biden pick provides Catholic link, but renews abortion debate

August 25,2008

WASHINGTON While supporters say Sen. Joe Biden provides a crucial link with Catholic voters, others say the new vice presidential running mate reprises an unwelcome debate over abortion and Communion. Read More...

Associated Press: Biden's Catholic faith offers risks, rewards

August 24,2008

By: Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer

DATELINE: DENVER

When Joe Biden underwent brain surgery for a life-threatening aneurysm in 1988, he asked doctors whether he could tuck his rosary beads under his pillow. The six-term Democratic senator from Delaware also has offered to shove his rosary down the throat of the next Republican who tells him he isn't religious.

This article originally appeared in the Associated Press.