Pelosi parts ways with bishops yet again

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, a famously self-described “ardent, practicing Catholic,” has again parted ways with U.S. bishops — this time on the issue of conscience protections for healthcare workers and institutions. In a Nov. 17 interview with the Washington Post, Pelosi refused to back down from an earlier statement she made condemning a bill that would allow Catholic healthcare providers — and others — to refuse to perform abortions for reasons of conscience.