I have to be honest, I didn't know who was the supervisor of the Las Vegas Catholic Diocese's Bishop Pepe. It's the Archbishop of San Francisco.
From the Las Vegas Sun: .A vigorous supporter of California's same-sex marriage ban was named
Friday as the next Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco.
The
Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI selected the Rev. Salvatore
Cordileone, the presiding bishop of Oakland, to replace Archbishop
George Niederauer in October. Niederauer, 76, is retiring.
As an
auxiliary bishop in San Diego four years ago, Cordileone, 56, was
instrumental in devising an initiative to strip same-sex couples of the
right to wed in California and then raising Catholic dollars to qualify
it for the ballot.
He also was part of a statewide network of
clergy that promoted the measure, known as Proposition 8. Campaign
finance records show he personally gave at least $6,000 to back the
voter-approved ban.
Since last year, Cordileone has been chairman
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the
Promotion and Defense of Marriage.
In an interview with the
National Catholic Register last year, Cordileone said that same-sex
marriage is "a very serious social experiment that will have dire
consequences." Opposing it is "not a matter of religion," he said.....
Gay rights groups criticized the Pope's choice of Cordileone to lead the
San Francisco Archdiocese, which serves more than 400,000 Catholics in
the city and neighboring Marin and San Mateo counties. As archbishop, he
also will oversee the bishops in Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno,
Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/27/us-san-francisco-archbishop/
As far as the gay rights activists are concerned, I am pretty sure that most of them are not Catholics, so their view points mean nothing. But who did they expect would be appointed, a pro-gay marriage bishop? Someone who doesn't believe in the Catholic Church's beliefs?
Quite frankly, it seems rather stupid to me that these gay activists keep going after the Catholic Church, especially since most churches welcome gay parishioners.
Why don't these gay activists go after Muslims, especially since they execute gays in the name of the Muslim religion in the Middle East. Which religion is more barbaric to gays? Catholics or Muslims?
So, it is nice that Bishop Pepe has a new supervisor. Maybe he will be tougher on priests who steal money from it's church, like Kevin McAuliffe. The Diocese still list McAuliffe on it's web page of priests.
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