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Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput Says No to Pro-Abortion Speaker Native American Archbishop Takes Strong Pro-Life Action.(invitation to Congresswoman Diana DeGette cancelled due to her views on abortion)(Brief Article)

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DENVER, CO - - An invitation to pro-abortion Congresswoman Diana DeGette to speak at a May 6 awards dinner sponsored by the Denver Archdiocesan Housing Committee caused quite a stir in the archdiocese. So Archbishop Charles Chaput took immediate action, ordering the agency to revoke its invitation to Rep. DeGette.

DeGette, in a harsh response to the disinvitation, criticized the Catholic Church's "apparent litmus test regarding elected officials' views" and concluded that "the fringe politics of abortion have apparently won out."

The archbishop responded to DeGette in a letter on May 4, saying, "I've always been puzzled by political leaders who exclude unborn children from the protection of the justice they publicly ...

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