San Francisco archbishop to honor major Planned Parenthood donor

[Caveman]

From the Califiornia Catholic Daily; (Emphasis mine)

**San Francisco archbishop to honor major Planned Parenthood donor **

San Francisco, Apr. 10, 2008 (CWNews.com) - At a Catholic Charities event scheduled for April 11, San Francisco’s Archbishop George Niederauer will honor a California financier who has backed Planned Parenthood, opposed parental notification on abortion, and supported embryonic stem-cell research, the California Catholic Daily reports.

At an annual banquet, Archbishop Niederauer will present the “Loaves and Fishes” awards to several honorees, including George Marcus, a real-estate investment mogul who will be recognized for “outstanding philanthropic works” that, according to the dinner citation, "epitomize the spirit of the faith traditions of charity and generosity.

In a critical report on the award, the *California Catholic Daily *notes that Marcus has been a major financial backer of leftists causes, including opposition to the “Proposition 73” campaign, backed by the Catholic bishops of California, which would have required notification to the parents of underage girls before they obtained an abortion. Marcus also backed a referendum to provide taxpayer funding for embryonic stem-cell research, and he has been a significant donor to Planned Parenthood

 

[cmudd]

Neiderauer is a disaster. The SF chancery is a disaster. Why, oh why did BXVI give us this man??? It is as if Rome is letting the US West Coast go to the dogs (in the parlance of our time). So sad… so discouraging…

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Well Pope Benedict put the former archbishop, Levada, in charge of the Congregation of the Faith, which should be overseeing these things. Then he appointed Neiderauer to succeed him, presumably with Archbishop Levada’s recommendation. One has to presume he has what he wants there.

Note how well two of his first major appointments, Niederauer and Wuerl, have handle the Nancy Pelosi situation.

 

[mdzialo]

Oh my! This is bad. Really bad.

Niederauer and Wuerl are amazing - ugh! But what’s BXVII about, appointing these characters.

 

[gmk]

I cannot comprehend how any Roman Catholic Priest or Bishop can be allowed to promote either a pro-abortion agenda, or a pro-gay agenda.

I think at this time of the Bishops Appeal, conservative Catholics should send a letter to their Bishop telling them that when the US Conference of Catholic Bishops becomes Catholic again, we will contribute. Until then, the donation my Bishop is asking for is going to Priests For Life.