Christ's teachings could never be campaign against gays The Holy Father makes up nothing he teaches. His is not "the opinion of the Vatican."

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 8, 2003| Author: Cardinal Francis George | Copyright information

Homily at Holy Name Cathedral, 9:30 a.m. mass, Aug. 3, 2003

Dear Friends in Christ:

I stand before you not as the celebrant of this mass but as the archbishop of Chicago, the pastor of this local church, to use this pulpit of the cathedral in a way that I have not used it in the six years that I have been archbishop here. For those of you who are visitors, I ask your indulgence.

I stand here to defend Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, against a false accusation made on t...

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