[starfish923]

Well, I've lived here most of my life and I've heard the archbishop speak out so many times against the perfidity of homosexual marriages, homosexual lifestyle, abortion and so on. His letters to us, his flock, were always very conservative, laced with the moral absolutes and imperatives that we hold dear.

Do you honestly believe that Pope Benedict hasn't done his homework on Levada? Do you think him duped by Levada?
I don't. The Pope did his homework, as he always does, and chose a very fine, conservative, smart, backbone-of-steel man in William Levada.

Levada is in Rome NOW, working with Pope Benedict, at the specific request of his holy father.

What you might have read about former Archbishop William Levada in the hate-filled, virulently anti-Catholic mainstream media only shows that YOU believe what THEY say about Levada and DON'T trust Pope Benedict's judgment.
Have it your own way.

[nickcarraway]

Can you please give me a citation for what you say? Can you show me anywhere he was called conservative before April? Have you ever read the San Francisco Faith?