Although he apparently had no problems with the practice when he was archbishop of San Francisco, Cardinal-designate William Levada now says that the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Catholic Charities should stop letting gays adopt.
Archbishop William Levada, who is now prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, acknowledged he had allowed three children to be placed in gay households during his 10 years as archbishop of San Francisco. But yesterday he declared that no bishop should permit children to be placed with gays.
A San Francisco spokesman says, “We’ll be reviewing” the request. Nice way to jump to it.
Amusingly, just hours before the email directive arrived on the West Coast, the director of SF Catholic Charities was telling the Boston Globe that gay adoptions are hunky-dory.
According to his updated figures, he said, in the past five years, of the 136 children adopted through his agency, five were placed with gay or lesbian parents. Cahill said he was aware of the Vatican pronouncement but believed that the gay adoptions were appropriate, given the agency’s religious mission to ‘‘serve the needs of vulnerable children.”
In other words: “I know what Church teaching is, but I don’t care. I decide what’s appropriate and what isn’t.” This is the head of a Catholic Charities agency. Nice to see the state of lay Catholic leadership in the US so clearly illustrated. Maybe we should shut all these Catholic Charities agencies down.
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Dom. “not should we” but, if we did have a say, they should be closed without any hesitation. Again, we do have a say from the power of with-holding “money”, ( the sinful scandalous and rebellious notion)—;-).
Cardinal Levada—reincarnated as God’s Rotweiler after serving a stint as God’s 007?
Foxnews:
Boston Archdiocese has announced it will not be involved in any more Massachusetts adoptions because the state is mandating gay couples be allowed to adopt.
This is a hoot.
Why do I get the feeling that Levada was …..*ahem*….prompted….on this one??
Why do I get the feeling that Levada was …..*ahem*….prompted….on this one??
This just may have been the Pope’s motivation all along in appointing Levada – so American bishops will be ordered by one American they are familiar with – and esp. by one who was in their shoes philosophically, shall we say, in the not too distant past.
I think “God’s Rotweiler” is just a cover. I think Benedict is REALLY “God’s Dachshund”:
http://www.hotdogblog.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=13
There is irony that the Abp of SF who allowed this practice to go on, Levada, is now the man telling the new Abp to stop it. ChrisK may have hit when he points out Levada was prompted from above. How sad that our hierarchy Boston, SF, how many other places have to be ordered by Rome to do the right thing? What does it say about the kind of bishops we have here?
Yes, but also how good it is to see that Rome is doing some ordering!
“This just may have been the Pope’s motivation all along in appointing Levada – so American bishops will be ordered by one American they are familiar with – and esp. by one who was in their shoes philosophically, shall we say, in the not too distant past.”
Brilliant analysis. It’s the ole “keep your friends clode and your enemies even closer” play.
In side news, Kerry Healy, Republican candidate for Gov. of Mass. is pro-gay adoption:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/03/in_break_from_romney_healey_raps_gay_adoption_exclusion/
So there it is: a vote for Healy is a vote for gay adoption. And she’s pro-abortion … which is kinda contradictory in a way… for killing babies and for letting gays adopt them. But maybe she just like killing and tormenting souls.