Pope appoints new Archbishop of San Francisco: chief supporter of Prop. 8
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The new Archbishop of San Francisco is a Bay Area resident who is chair of the national subcommittee to protect and promote traditional marriage and one of the chief supporters of California's controversial Proposition 8.
Archbishop-elect Salvatore J. Cordileone, 56, was named the Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced early Friday. He will oversee the dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton.
... In San Diego, Cordileone was an author and avid supporter of Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that banned gay marriage. In an interview with the Catholic Radio Network at the time, Cordileone called gay marriage a plot by "the Evil One" to destroy morality in the modern world.
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