Although I'm looking forward to Pope Francis officially becoming Pope next week, there is one or two major flies in the proverbial ointment. The president is sending representatives from the United States to attend this historical event. He is not, however, in any sense of the word sending real Catholics representing the Catholics in the United States. It was with some horror that I heard that Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden were part of the group attending.
Now, I know that we must not judge the hearts of other people but their outward words and actions more than bring into play what is actually in their hearts and it is not Catholic in the sense of the Commandments or rules of the Church. In fact, both of them have been quite open on their views on abortion and contraception which is totally against Catholic teaching.
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/15/pro-abortion-catholic-nancy-pelosi-to-attend-pope-francis-inaugural/
I will still be watching the televised event from Rome but can only imagine the saints and relics housed in and around Rome wondering what the world has come to since they suffered and died to protect what these two tear apart so easily.
