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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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While her mother wanted her to be a nun, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), would rather have been a priest because priests have more power, House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) once said in an interview.
In a Jan. 24, 2003 interview with the National Catholic Reporter, then-Minority Leader Pelosi recalled the allure of being a priest:
“When I was little my mother always wanted me to be a nun. I didn’t think I wanted to be a nun, but I thought I might want to be a priest because there seemed to be a little more power there, a little more discretion over what was going on in the parish.”
Abortion was another issue where Rep. Pelosi disagreed with her Catholic mother:
“I come myself from a family that does not share my views on choice.”
“I think there are occasions where
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