Salvatore Cordileone
San Francisco priest who raised eyebrows and banned altar girls is dropped as school chaplain
By David Gibson — May 21, 2015
(RNS) The Rev. Joseph Illo has banned altar girls and queried students about abortion and masturbation.
San Francisco archbishop rejects lawmakers’ criticism on morality clauses
By David Gibson — February 20, 2015
(RNS) The San Francisco archbishop is under fire for morality clauses for Catholic schoolteachers, and a pamphlet distributed to children that asked them about masturbation and abortion.
San Francisco priest bars altar girls, sparks another controversy
By David Gibson — January 27, 2015
(RNS) The Catholic priest behind the new boys-only policy made waves at another parish when he said parishioners who voted for Barack Obama had to go to confession. The latest uproar comes amid a wider debate over whether the Catholic Church has become too “feminized.”
Thousands rally at U.S. Capitol against gay marriage
By Heather Adams — June 19, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Faced with a string of losses in the court and a rapid shift in public opinion in favor of gay marriage, planners of Thursday's traditional marriage rally aimed to show lawmakers -- and especially courts -- that they will not give up without a fight.
San Francisco archbishop defends decision to join D.C. rally against gay marriage
By David Gibson — June 17, 2014
(RNS) "If the point of this event were to single out a group of individuals and target them for hatred, I most certainly would not be there,” wrote San Francisco Achbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who leads the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Facing uphill battle, gay marriage opponents to rally in Washington
By Heather Adams — June 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Speakers include two former Republican presidential candidates, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, as well as San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the Catholic bishops' point man against same-sex marriage.
Opponents of gay marriage say they’re no bigots
By Richard Wolf — March 25, 2013
(RNS) Disparaged as bigots, these diverse conservative voices who oppose same-sex marriage say they're simply defending American society.
Episcopal bishop says he was denied entrance to Catholic archbishop’s installation Mass
By Kevin Eckstrom — October 5, 2012
(RNS) What started off as a rocky relationship between the Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops of San Francisco got even worse on Thursday (Oct. 4) when Episcopal Bishop Marc Andrus said he was denied entrance to the installation Mass of the new Roman Catholic archbishop. By Kevin Eckstrom.
From Roman perch, American Cardinal Raymond Burke sparks controversy, exerts influence
By David Gibson — September 27, 2012
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Cardinal Raymond Burke isn't shy about speaking his mind, but the former archbishop of St. Louis has quietly become an influential player in Rome since Pope Benedict XVI named him the Vatican's top legal authority. By David Gibson.
Incoming San Francisco archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, apologizes for drunken driving
By David Gibson — August 28, 2012
(RNS) Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., a leading conservative in the hierarchy who is set to become the next archbishop of San Francisco, was arrested over the weekend for drunken driving and has apologized 'for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself.'
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