“Holy Father, please provide us with a leader true to our values and your namesake. Please replace Archbishop Cordileone,” read the headline of a full-page ad published on April 16 in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Marking a new tactic in an aggressive campaign to remove Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco from ministry, the paid “open letter” echoed the talking points of critics who have attacked his effort to insert “morality clauses” in teacher contracts as intolerant, homophobic and divisive. The ad described his pastoral style as “closer to persecution than evangelization.” More on this here.
