Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Cordileone as Archbishop Elect of San Francisco. He currently is Bishop of the Oakland Diocese. In the typical papal manner this was done without in input from the Roman Catholics of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The paw prints of Cardinal Burke’s cronyism are evident. Both he and Cordileone share an unreasonable paranoia over gay and lesbian people. This unreasonable paranoia appears to have its roots inBenedict XVI homophobia.
Archbishop Elect Cordileone supported to passage of proposition 8 by saying in a radio interview on Catholic Radio that same-sex marriage a plot by “the evil one” to destroy morality in the modern world. He also chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “Only one idea of marriage can stand,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2009. “If that’s going to be considered bigoted, we’re going to see our rights being taken away as is already happening.”
Most recently the Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministry (CALGM) board members were asked to sign a loyalty oath. The Board refused to sign the oath igniting a storm of criticism from far right prolife elements. It is an association of diocesan, parish and campus-based ministries and those involved in these ministries.
As Archbishop of San Francisco Cordileone will oversee the Dioceses of Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sacramento, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Reno and Salt Lake City.
Joe Murray, Executive Director of the Rainbow Sash Movement said “this appointment by Pope Benedict XVI only further emphasizes the unreasonable homophobia that is very much alive and well in Magisterium of the Church. High on Cordileone anti gay agenda will be Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco a glbt friendly parish as will be any elements of CALGM in San Francisco and surrounding Dioceses. This will also give him a platform to call for loyalty oaths in other Arch/Dioceses around the nation.
Pam Moore
Rainbow Sash Movement
Guess they will want to use the UN Plaza for their Auto de Fe’s, as the Cathedral Plaza is to small to host the rabid crowds of Conservative Catholics….