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Archbishop Cordileone Partially Bans Blessing LGBTQ+ Couples

January 4, 2024/3 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Contradicting Pope Francis, a U.S. archbishop has said priests may deny blessings to same-gender couples. Today's post features that news, along with other U.S. prelates' reactions to Fiducia Suplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing such blessings. Read More

Archbishop Cordileone Asks Senators to Vote Against Enshrining Marriage Equality into Law

July 28, 2022/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) committee chair has written to legislators asking them to vote against the Respect for Marriage Act should it come before them. Read More

Archbishop Cordileone Skips March for Marriage to Deal with Protests at Home

April 30, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

San Francisco's Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was not among those attending last weekend's March for Marriage, opting to remain at home and deal with the ever-escalating crisis in his archdiocese. Read More

Large Majority of S.F. Teachers Publicly Reject Archbishop Cordileone's Handbook Changes

March 5, 2015/10 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

80% of the teachers and staff at four Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic high schools... Read More

Students' Resistance to Archbishop Cordileone Exemplifies Best of Catholic Education

February 24, 2015/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Bay Area Catholics and their allies are demanding justice after the Archdiocese of San Francisco's announcement of new morality clauses in teaching contracts last month that prohibit, among other items, public support of LGBT people. The following are several developments with Bondings 2.0's original coverage of the new clause available here. Read More

New Ways Ministry Builds Bridges with Archbishop Cordileone

December 16, 2014/11 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Fulfilling a promise he made last summer, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco met with... Read More

The Truth About Archbishop Cordileone's 'Civilization of Truth & Love'

June 20, 2014/8 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone missed an opportunity for healing yesterday, June 19th, by... Read More

QUOTE TO NOTE: Archbishop Cordileone on Male Breastfeeding

January 30, 2013/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In a recent interview, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco continued his crusade against marriage... Read More

What Will Be Archbishop Cordileone’s Legacy in San Francisco?January 24, 2013/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was recently profiled in San Francisco Magazine as he completes his first... Read More

Round-up of Controversies Surrounding Cordileone's Installation

October 28, 2012/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was installed as the new archbishop of San Francisco earlier this month... Read More

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