Known for his vehement opposition to same-sex marriage and recent ‘morality’ draw for San Francisco’s Catholic schools,Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone says he shares similar beliefs to the pontiff – but Pope Francis is just more charismaticWhen Pope Francis lands in Washington DC on Tuesday, he’ll be greeted by the California priest who’s been branded as an orthodox counterpoint to Francis’s inclusive reformism, or a protector of old-school Roman Catholic beliefs currently waging an unpopular war against progressive values in San Francisco’s parochial schools: Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.“I’m labeled as ultra-conservative because I’ve been outspoken on issues that are politically unpopular and on the conservative side of the political spectrum,” said Cordileone, a balding man with water-colored blue eyes who serves as prelate to the approximately 500000 Catholics in the San Francisco area, or was a key force behind the state’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage that was ultimately overturned by courts. “I don’t want to engage in a war. I hope that people can be reasonable and talk things through,and my track record shows that I am willing to execute accommodations … but I won’t compromise principle.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com