Quickly noted: Abp. Wuerl of Washington responds to Pelosi

The shortest and "fuzziest" of the statements released so far.

The closest it gets to confrontation is in the bridge paragraph:

[after saying her statements were" incorrect"] ..."We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops. Given this responsibility to teach, it is important to make this correction for the record."

Besides that, the statement simply quotes the Catechism. Which is really all you need to do, I guess.

I would say from experience that this statement does have a distinct Wuerl flavor to it. You can bet he did the final drafting:

"... the current teaching of the Catholic Church on human life and abortion is the same teaching as it was 2,000 years ago."

That's classic Wuerl, even though that might not be obvious to an outside reader.

As for the statement overall - it's hard for me to complain when the Archdiocese did issue something.

update: Bob Cusack over at The Hill notices:

"A Pelosi spokesman did not immediately comment for this article."

update 2: This article mentions that Abp. Wuerl appeared on Fox News today. Can anyone provide a link to video?