Proposition 8 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:45:36 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Proposition 8 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Same-sex opponent to be archbishop of San Francisco https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/07/31/same-sex-opponent-to-be-archbishop-of-san-francisco/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:30:04 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=30676 By choosing a staunch same-sex marriage foe as the new archbishop of San Francisco, the Vatican has laid bare a rift among local Catholics, some of whom strongly support the Church's position while others emphatically don't. Salvatore Cordileone played a key role in the passage of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned same-sex Read more

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By choosing a staunch same-sex marriage foe as the new archbishop of San Francisco, the Vatican has laid bare a rift among local Catholics, some of whom strongly support the Church's position while others emphatically don't.

Salvatore Cordileone played a key role in the passage of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California. The Vatican on Friday named him to replace San Francisco's current archbishop, George Niederauer, in October.

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