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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has responded that, despite criticism from political leaders in his home state, he will attend the March for Marriage this week, because his position requires him to act as a defender of the Catholic faith. In a letter released today, Cordileone wrote that he is required “as a bishop, to proclaim the truth—the whole truth—about the human person and God’s will for our flourishing ... especially the truth about marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife,” Cordileone wrote. “That is what I will be doing on June 19th.” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Political figures...

In the Footsteps of the March for Life March 24, 2013 Marriage supporters to rally in Washington, D.C., on March 26 as Supreme Court hears cases John Burger A man opposed to same-sex marriage and in favor of California's Proposition 8 holds signs outside City Hall in San Francisco in this Aug. 12, 2010 photo. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a challenge to Proposition 8. (CNS photo/Robert Galbraith, Reuters) Supporters of both traditional marriage and same-sex unions will converge on the nation’s capital this week as the Supreme Court takes up two cases that...