Leave it to the Catholic Church. Last week they
officially installed Salvatore Cordileone, a leader in the fight against
same-sex marriage, as archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. After his, um, "installation," Cordileone sermonized,
and talked a little about his arrest for drunk driving. Yes, folks, the
Catholic Church forgives those who drive drunk; in fact, it promotes
them.
Cordileone
spent 11 hours in a San Diego drunk tank last August after being arrested on
suspicion of drunken driving. Last week, just before becoming the archbishop,
he pleaded guilty to driving with alcohol in his system.
"God has always had a way
of putting me in my place," Cordileone said. "With the last
episode in my life, God has outdone Himself."
And,
when he isn’t drinking and driving, Cordileone likes soft music, long walks on
the beach, kittens, and working tirelessly to deny gay and lesbian people
around the work, the right to marry. Tis a full life, no?
Cordileone was chairman of the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense
of Marriage, and also was chief goosestepper in the Catholic
Church's support Prop H8.
Brian Cahill, former San
Francisco Catholic Charities executive director, in an editorial published in
the San Francisco Chronicle:
"The archbishop is an advocate for immigrants and an opponent of the death penalty, but he comes here perceived as a one-issue bishop. He can continue to be the aggressive, outspoken leader of the American Catholic bishops in their effort to prevent civil gay marriage, or he can be the shepherd of his flock. He can't be both, and if he tries, he will fail."
And,
in San Francisco, of all places, he will fail.
God needs some new advisers.
ReplyDeleteso out of touch with reality the catholic church is. - YODA
ReplyDeleteand what if he killed somebody whilst driving drunk? I think one of the 10 commandments is "thou shalt not kill"; hypocrit! joking about drunk driving is NOT acceptable anywhere!
God needs to put this bishop in his place again, and that place should not be where he is now.
ReplyDeleteHating people is not just a Christian ethos; many religions seem to encourage their members to hate anyone who does not agree with them.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whats, and who, is hiding in his closet.
ReplyDeleteSo God forced him to consume alcohol and get behind the wheel of a car? God forced him to commit the criminal act of driving under the influence. It's GOD'S fault, not his!! Let us put responsibility where it belongs, according to the archbishop. Makes perfect sense. Why should he be blamed when God is in charge?
ReplyDeleteApparently, the archbishop was absent the day they discussed Free Will in seminary. And no one shared their notes.
Oh God
ReplyDeleteB-16 is an anti-Vatican II Pope and will be responsible for many more Catholics leaving the church and perhaps will even cause a schism in his attempt to go back to a pre-Vatican II culture. Catholic hierarchy - like Cordileone - are towing the line in deference to the Pope. This Pope is a political tyrant - not a pastoral servant and the bishops reflect his heresy. The church/pope is in fear of change and progress.
ReplyDeleteBut it is not unlike what is taking place around the world in politics: here the Republican Party wants to take the country back to a 1950"s culture; radical Muslims want to enforce an unenlightened version of their religion in the Muslim world; African nations and others are vehemently anti-gay; All are similarly living in fear of change and progress.
I would like to see some analysis of this disturbing global trend.