Cleveland nun to offer prayer at Democratic National Convention

According to Cleveland's Plain Dealer, Sr. Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, an "86-year-old nun from Cleveland who works for a Catholic anti-poverty lobbying group has been selected to deliver the closing prayers one night during the Democratic National Convention." (source)

At the request of the Obama campaign, Sister agreed to "offer benediction" [*ugh*] as she "admires Barack Obama's 'vision of where we stand as a nation and where we stand among nations'" [*blinks* truly, Obama: "The Most anti-life candidate ever" possesses a truly admirable vision]

Coincidentally, as Sister makes plans to travel to Denver...

Rome, Aug 19, 2008 / 10:00 am (CNA).- The prefect of the Apostolic Signature, Archbishop Raymond Burke, said this week that [ALL and ANY] Catholics, especially politicians who publically defend abortion, should not receive Communion, and that ministers of Communion should be responsibly charitable in denying it to them if they ask for it, "until they have reformed their lives." (source)

This raises the question whether Catholic "lobbyists", such as Sister Pinkerton who pubically supports a Pro-Choice candidate who strongly supports abortion should have a nice talk with her bishop over her involvement in politics and encourage her as Archbishop Burke has stated, “to bear witness to our faith not only in private in our homes but also in our public lives with others in order to bear strong witness to Christ.”

Please pray for the Church as she continually strives to bear witness to the truth and value of human life, human dignity, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.