Vatican Attacks Democrats as ‘a Party of Death�?/STRONG>
An outspoken Vatican authority has issued a sharp rebuke of Democrats in the U.S., and party
leaders Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden, over the abortion issue.
Former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, who was named prefect of the Vatican’s Supreme
Court of the Apostolic Signature in June, told the Italian newspaper Avvenire that the Democratic
Party risked “transforming itself definitively into a party of death for its decisions on bioethical
issues.�?
He said House Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Biden “while presenting themselves as good Catholics
have presented Church doctrine on abortion in a false and tendentious way.�?
Pelosi was criticized by Catholic leaders last month for saying the Church itself had long debated
when human life begins. Biden also supports abortion rights.
Burke said pro-life Democrats are “rare�?and complained that the party that helped “our immigrant
parents and grandparents�?prosper in the U.S. had changed so much over the years, Reuters reported.
Burke created a stir during the 2004 presidential campaign when he said Democratic nominee John
Kerry, a Catholic, should be denied Communion because of his views on abortion.
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