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The Battle for the Soul of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Ignatius Insight | Valerie Schmalz | March 30, 2006
Editor’s note: Videotaped recordings of some of the events reported in this article can be accessed at this website.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2006 _ A firestorm of defiance over Church teaching on homosexuality has been ignited following the appointment of George Niederauer as archbishop of San Francisco and a Vatican directive telling San Francisco Catholic Charities to halt gay adoption.
Two Catholic institutions are in open dissent on homosexuality: Catholic Charities, which continues to assert its right to place children with homosexual parents, and the Jesuit University of San Francisco, which has a decades-long history of nurturing homosexual ideology and expressions. Meanwhile, at least two pastors in San Francisco-area parishes not dominated by homosexuals gave sermons last week supporting adoption by homosexuals.
Niederauer’s appointment offered hope to some advocating Church acceptance of homosexuality. At the same time, faithful Catholics have been watching closely and carefully, taking to heart comments from some within the Archdiocese of San Francisco that they will be “pleasantly surprised” by how Niederauer governs this See.
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Ignatius Insight | Valerie Schmalz | March 30, 2006
Editor’s note: Videotaped recordings of some of the events reported in this article can be accessed at this website.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2006 _ A firestorm of defiance over Church teaching on homosexuality has been ignited following the appointment of George Niederauer as archbishop of San Francisco and a Vatican directive telling San Francisco Catholic Charities to halt gay adoption.
Two Catholic institutions are in open dissent on homosexuality: Catholic Charities, which continues to assert its right to place children with homosexual parents, and the Jesuit University of San Francisco, which has a decades-long history of nurturing homosexual ideology and expressions. Meanwhile, at least two pastors in San Francisco-area parishes not dominated by homosexuals gave sermons last week supporting adoption by homosexuals.
Niederauer’s appointment offered hope to some advocating Church acceptance of homosexuality. At the same time, faithful Catholics have been watching closely and carefully, taking to heart comments from some within the Archdiocese of San Francisco that they will be “pleasantly surprised” by how Niederauer governs this See.
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ignatiusinsight.com/features2006/vs_battlesfsoul_mar06.asp