Photo ~ Cardinal Francis George answers questions from the press before visiting the pediatric intensive care unit at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago on Dec. 25, 2011. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune)
The Cardinal's Apology
Let's say a bishop or priest gives an interview to a newspaper or television/radio station and says something that can be construed as inflammatory. He then has to issue a "clarification" followed a few days later by an apology.
That scenario has played out here in the Archdiocese of Chicago in recent days, starting with an interview Cardinal Francis George gave to a local television station in which he said, "You know, you don't want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism."
Needless to say, the homosexual activists and their sympathizers weren't too pleased with the cardinal's remarks. A "clarification" was issued on Dec. 27 and was posted on the archdiocese's website.
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