Pelosi's Communion Seven Days Away

Deal Hudson

Pelosi's Mass in Time for Her Speakership is now seven days away.  I will be surprised if no one else raises the question of her receiving communion under such circumstances. 

It may be that after the 2004 campaign most bishops have decided to give the issue a rest.  If so, their acquiescence will only allow the Democrats to continue their charm offensive toward religious voters, especially Catholics. 

It will be interesting to see how the media covers the return to Trinity University and the Mass--will they actually let the cameras inside to follow Pelosi down the aisle toward the altar? 

Will Fr. Andrew Greeley be called upon to opine on the significance of this pro-abortion Catholic taking over the leadership of the House of Representatives?  Will we hear ad nauseum that this ceremony marks the end of single issue politics, that Catholics are realizing once again that health care, education, war, and poverty are moral issues as well? 

Is this the belated victory of the "seamless garment"? 

Finally, who from Catholic officialdom will join her in the walk down the aisle? How many bureaucrats from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, how many presidents of Catholic colleges, how many bishops (surely Archbishop Wuerl would not attend) will join in the "celebration" of her Catholic faith?