“ Great Sermon! ” LifeSiteNews.com reported on September 10, 2008: "The barrage of criticism from US bishops aimed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been deafening. Yesterday the popular American Papist blog compiled all of the statements, either written or verbal, made by bishops to date, revealing that an unprecedented total of 26 bishops have rebuked the Speaker of the House for her claims about Catholic teaching and abortion. "On the August 24 episode of Meet the Press, self-proclaimed "ardent and practicing Catholic" Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the Church's stance on when life begins has been "an issue of controversy" over the years."
