In "welcome" to new Catholic archbishop, Episcopal leader calls Catholic teaching on marriage 'oppression'
CWN - October 03, 2012
On the eve of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's installation in San Francisco, the Episcopal Church's bishop of California has written a letter to his faithful attacking the stand of the Catholic Church on marriage and inviting disaffected Catholics to join the Episcopal Church.
"Bishop Cordileone was an active supporter of Proposition 8, which I and the other Episcopal bishops throughout California opposed," writes the Episcopal Church Bishop Marc Andrus.
"We make no peace with oppression," he added. "The recognition of the dignity and rights, within civil society and the Church of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered people, and of women are as core to our proclamation of the Gospel as our solidarity with the poor, with victims of violence and political oppression, and with the Earth."
Archbishop Cordileone is chairman of the Subcommittee on the Promotion and Defense of Marriage of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"Some Catholics may find themselves less at home with Salvatore Cordileone's installation and they may come to The Episcopal Church," Bishop Andrus continued. "We should welcome them as our sisters and brothers. Even as we welcome those who may join us and look for ways to work with our Roman Catholic siblings in the faith, we will not be silenced in our proclamation of God's inclusion."
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