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Catholic World Report

Catherine Harmon

The latest installment of the drama currently unfolding in the Archdiocese of San Francisco saw two groups of local Catholics make known their very different opinions of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s leadership, and in no uncertain terms.

“Archbishop Cordileone has fostered an atmosphere of division and intolerance,” declares a full-page advertisement in today’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. “The Archdiocese of San Francisco is threatened by Archbishop Cordileone’s single-issue agenda and cannot survive, let alone thrive and grow under his supervision.”

“Our courageous archbishop has made news nationwide for his effort to keep San Francisco’s Catholic schools Catholic,” states a grassroots organization formed to support Cordileone and his efforts. “For properly fulfilling his responsibilities he has come under targeted, coordinated attacks from activists, politicians and the media.”

While Archbishop Cordileone’s vocal defense of Catholic moral teaching—particularly the Church’s view of marriage and…