Yes, at least one Catholic bishop has noticed Giuliani’s views in the past: Cardinal Keeler.

Rudolph Giuliani’s stature as the hero of 9/11 didn’t mean much to Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler in 2005 when Loyola College, a Catholic school, decided to give Giuliani an honorary degree.

To the archbishop of Baltimore, the former Time magazine "Person of the Year" was just another pro-abortion politician.

"May I state that there will be no representative of the Archdiocese participating in any event honoring former Mayor Giuliani," Keeler wrote to Loyola, a Baltimore school, in a letter that was posted on the archdiocese Web site. "I am confident that, by now, you understand many of the consequences that spring from an invitation having been extended to former Mayor Giuliani to receive an honorary degree at Loyola."

Loyola went ahead and gave Giuliani his degree. But a senior cardinal’s easy dismissal of Giuliani, hardly noticed at the time, shows what an uphill and fundamentally unorthodox run Giuliani is preparing to make at the Republican presidential nomination.

In contrast, Archbishop Niederaurer isn’t quite sure where Nancy Pelosi stands:

Ed Cavagnaro: Now, one of your own flock, a Catholic woman from San Francisco, is now one of the most powerful people in all the country. Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic from San Francisco, is the Speaker of the House. She is not only pro-choice, but she would be someone who would be working to try to keep abortion legal. In your view is she less of a Catholic because of that?

Archbishop George Niederauer: Well, I have met on one occasion, with Speaker Pelosi, before she was Speaker Pelosi. It was last year. And I — we’ve — exchanged viewpoints on a number of things. At that time, it was last spring, and it was principally about immigration, because that was very much the hot-button topic of the time. We haven’t had an opportunity to talk about the life issues. I would very much welcome that opportunity, but I don’t believe that I am in a position to say what I understand her stand to be, if I haven’t had a chance to talk to her about it. I think that when I said earlier dialog is very important, that means dialog with anybody, whether it’s the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or somebody in the pew on Sunday who doesn’t understand or accept what they hear from the pulpit.