As you readers know, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed Catholic, loves to flaunt her faith erroneously any chance she gets. As this blog is dedicated to defending the Catholic faith in the public square, this issue is right up our alley (again). Since Pelosi is such a public figure, what she says about the faith reaches more than her immediate audience and could very well be interpreted by some people as the truth, which is unfortunate.

In her latest escapade to show the world how very Catholic (and apparently a part-time theologian) she is, while speaking at a Catholic conference recently said that:

“They ask me all the time, ‘What is your favorite this? What is your favorite that? What is your favorite that?’ And one time, ‘What is your favorite word?’ And I said, ‘My favorite word? That is really easy. My favorite word is the Word, is the Word. And that is everything. It says it all for us. And you know the biblical reference, you know the Gospel reference of the Word.”

“And that Word,” Pelosi said, “is, we have to give voice to what that means in terms of public policy that would be in keeping with the values of the Word. The Word. Isn’t it a beautiful word when you think of it? It just covers everything. The Word.
 
“Fill it in with anything you want. But, of course, we know it means: ‘The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.’ And that’s the great mystery of our faith. He will come again. He will come again. So, we have to make sure we’re prepared to answer in this life, or otherwise, as to how we have measured up.” [emphasis ours]

Oh Nancy, you can’t just fill the Word with whatever you want. As the New York Daily News so eloquently put it – “This isn’t Morally Relative Mad Libs. That’s not how it works – but while we’re at it, how about “The Hypocrisy”? Now that has a ring to it. The Word is not something you can use interchangeably to bear witness for whatever strikes your fancy. Any devout Christian knows that.”

Maybe Pelosi sees the polling numbers are rapidly dropping for her party and figures she has to start appealing to moral values. Whatever the reason, where are the bishops? They must be compiling a long list of Pelosi’s public comments on the faith that are outright wrong and an affront to the faith before they make their move, hopefully.

If you’re so inclined, here’s the video of her speaking at the conference: