San Francisco Catholics deeply divided over archbishop

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

JANIE HAR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Many Roman Catholics in this city named for humble St. Francis are sparring with each other on social media and in letters to the editor over one figure: Their leader in the faith, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.

Cordileone is a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage in one of the country's most gay-friendly cities. He has proposed that staff at archdiocese high schools "affirm and believe" that marriage is between a man and a woman and that sexual relations outside of marriage are "gravely evil." He was scheduled to attend a March for Marriage rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend, but canceled to address unrest over his proposed morality clauses.

"I was expecting some controversy," said Cordileone in an interview this week, "but not to this degree. And I thought we would be able to sit down and work things out."

Critics of Cordileone placed a full-page ad this month in the San Francisco Chronicle, pleading with Pope Francis for a leader with a more inclusive agenda. Then the archbishop's supporters put out their own press release, arguing the man was only defending the church's teachings.

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[Bluenorthwest]

1. Also, Vatican diplomat to address NOM DC rally.....

HRC released an open letter addressed to His Holiness Pope Francis asking that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the current Apostolic Nuncio, withdraw from his speaking role at the National Organization for Marriage (NOM)’s “Marriage for Marriage.” The March, to be held this Saturday, April 25, will feature some of the most virulently anti-LGBT voices in an effort to convince the Supreme Court to rule against marriage equality in its deliberations this summer. The Apostolic Nuncio leads the Holy See's diplomatic mission to the United States.

“There is absolutely no room for an emissary of one of the world’s great religions at an event that will espouse hate and bigotry and promote outright discrimination against LGBT Americans and their families,” said HRC Vice President of Communications Fred Sainz. “Pope Francis has continually emphasized love and acceptance in his tenure, but this event stands for anything but.”
http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/in-diplomatic-breach-vatican-ambassador-set-to-speak-at-anti-lgbt-rally-in

[BigDemVoter]

2. "Sit down and work things out"????

He needs to shut his holy rolling pie hole and worry about his colleagues who fuck children.

[displacedtexan]

3. My SF neighborhood Catholic school leaders are asking little kids about sex sins.

http://richmondsfblog.com/2015/03/26/angry-parents-at-star-of-the-sea-school-ask-archdiocese-to-oust-church-leaders/

Something really weird is happening here with church leaders.

[okaawhatever]

6. Luckily people are pushing back on this overreach. nt

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

4. In that thing to the high school teachers

Cordileone said that the staff members, whether or not they are Catholic, must "adhere to Church teaching in their private lives" or possibly risk losing their jobs.

[forest444]

5. Ah. An offer they can't refuse.

It would seem Don Cordileone chose the wrong profession.