Word: catholicized
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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...
Martino seemed to take special pleasure in castigating institutions and individuals that he felt were failing to properly represent Catholic values. He could be abrasive, blasting Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., for inviting an openly gay writer and former Clinton Administration aide to speak. The university, declared Martino, was "seriously...
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...