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Such comments didn't endear him to the parishioners who organized the forum or to his immediate superior, Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali. As head of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Rigali is just as opposed to abortion as Martino. But he is a much more politic figure...
The situation came to a head this spring, when King's College in Wilkes-Barre invited Casey to speak at its commencement ceremony. Objecting to Casey's vote to confirm former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius (a Catholic who supports abortion rights) as Secretary for Health and Human Services, Martino said...
During the 2008 campaign, Martino focused particular attention on vice-presidential nominee Joseph Biden, a Scranton native and Catholic Democrat. The bishop declared that Biden would be denied communion if he tried to receive it at any church in the diocese, which covers the northeast quarter of the state - "I...
Finally, shortly before Election Day last fall, as David Gibson of AOL's Politics Daily reported, Martino showed up unannounced at a voter-education forum at a Honesdale parish to criticize organizers for discussing the comprehensive election guide endorsed by the USCCB instead of the letter he had drafted for...
Martino's departure comes just weeks after the Archbishop of Santa Fe became the first church leader to speak out publicly about the increasingly political behavior of a minority of bishops within the conference. Archbishop Michael Sheehan told the National Catholic Reporter on Aug. 12 that he spoke out during...