In an unprecedented act, Catholics are saying they’ve had enough of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, whose preachings they say are more like persecutions.
Calling it a “respectful appeal,” over 100 top, well-known Roman Catholics have attached their names to an ad in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, asking Pope Francis to replace Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, whom they say does not reflect their values.
The Chronicle reports the big names among the signatories include “Brian Cahill, the retired executive director of Catholic Charities, former city commissioner and Boudin Bakery executive Lou Giraudo, retired Swinerton Builders Chairman David Grubb, businessman and former political consultant Clint Reilly and his wife, Janet, San Francisco attorney Michael Kelly, and Charles Geschke, chairman of Adobe Systems and former head of the University of San Francisco Board of Trustees. Also on the list is Tom Brady Sr., father of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.”
In their ad, which could have cost tens of thousands of dollars, they say the Archbishop “sets a pastoral tone that is closer to persecution than evangelization.”
And they complain about a Cordileone hand-picked pastor who “provided elementary-school children with a pamphlet about sexuality that asked whether they had masturbated, engaged in sodomy or undergone an abortion.“
But one of the San Franscisco Catholic community’s biggest complaints about Archbishop Cordileone is what they see as his “single-issue agenda†against same-sex marriage.
The full ad can be seen at the Chronicle.Â
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