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By Matt C. Abbott

The libertine left’s bullying of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco continues (in fairness, the moral climate there isn’t any worse than here in Chicago).

From Catholic World News:

More than 100 prominent Catholics signed a full-page advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle urging Pope Francis to replace Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.

The paid advertisement charged that Archbishop Cordileone has created ‘an atmosphere of division and intolerance’ in the city, and his policies seem ‘closer to persecution than evangelization.’….

The complaint against Archbishop Cordileone focused on his effort to ensure that Catholic-school teachers do not undermine the teachings of the Church.

The archdiocese’s official response is a good one:

The advertisement is a misrepresentation of Catholic teaching, a misrepresentation of the nature of the teacher contract, and a misrepresentation of the spirit of the archbishop. The greatest misrepresentation of all is that the…