“The Cardinal is also fine with “civil unions”. Just in time to air on Easter weekend...lovely.”
He never spouted this crap when he was our bishop in NJ. While not very vocal, I watched him loyally defend the celibate male priesthood, along the lines of: “The Holy Father has soken on this; there is nothing to discuss”. He didn’t even hold out hope that the Church would “evolve” in it’s position; it was a settled matter as far as he was concerned, and he wouldn’t discuss it further. I’m no fan of his, but he did institute a lot of safeguards against molester priests; for a large diocese he didn’t have half the legal issues Boston or LA did.
Maybe he’s just too old. People get a little “off” sometimes in old age. Cardinals are not exempt.