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Faith compels archbishop to tell ‘whole truth’ about marriage JULIA WILLIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said June 16 that his Catholic faith requires him to “proclaim ... the whole truth” in support of traditional marriage. He made the statement in a letter addressing recent criticism of his participation in the second annual March for Marriage to take place in Washington June 19. The march brings thousands of
grass-roots activists to the National Mall to illustrate that a “majority of Americans still stand for marriage” as the traditional union of one man and one woman, according to event organizers. Listed as a speaker at the upcoming event, Archbishop Cordileone has received several recommendations that he cancel his appearance at this year’s march to show opposition to its sponsors, the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Research Council, who critics say have taken a hostile stance
against same-sex marriage and the homosexual lifestyle in general. “The March for Marriage is not ‘anti-LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender).’... It is not antianyone. ... Rather it is a pro-marriage march,” said Archbishop Cordileone, who is chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “It affirms the great good of bringing the two halves of humanity together so that a man and a woman may bond with each other and with any children who come from their union.”
A June 10 letter addressed to the archbishop and signed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and 89 other public officials, community groups and religious leaders said the archbishop’s appearance at the event was implicit endorsement of its sponsors. While the signatories said they understand people of good will can have “genuinely heartfelt differences” regarding the issue of same-sex marriage, they urged the SEE MARRIAGE, PAGE 3
Local teen, father travel to border to help in refugee crisis
Bishops urged to promote families
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. bishops, gathered in New Orleans for their spring general assembly June 11-13, were urged to promote and support Catholic families. At the close of the morning’s session June 11, the bishops were advised to pay close attention to the Vatican’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family Oct. 5-19 and to promote the World Meeting of Families September 2015 in Philadelphia. The bishops, by their applause, also showed support for a letter to be sent to Pope Francis, inviting him to the Philadelphia meeting. Read by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the letter said that the pope’s presence would “add significance” to the gathering and “deepen the bonds of affection” many Catholics feel for the Holy Father. SEE BISHOPS, PAGE 14
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Sixteen-year-old Julia Tognotti, a soon-to-be senior at St. Ignatius Preparatory School in San Francisco, is in Nogales, Ariz., with her father David to deliver clothing and personal care items to unaccompanied Julia Tognotti migrant children who have flooded the border town in recent weeks. The minors, most of them from Central American countries, have been crossing the Mexican border alone in Texas in ever-increasing numbers over the last month, overwhelming Border Patrol stations and detention facilities. The children are being cared for in a makeshift emergency shelter in Nogales while authorities come to grips with what is becoming a large-scale humanitarian crisis. U.S. officials have reported a dramatic increase in the number of
This handout photo courtesy of the office of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows unaccompanied migrant children at a Department of Health and Human Services facility in south Texas.
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