The Arena Interview | The Folly of Abandoning Marriage w/ Archbishop Cordileone
Oct 21, 2025
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, dives deep into the essence of marriage and family. He discusses the God-designed differences between men and women, linking modern marriage opposition to Enlightenment and secular shifts. Cordileone articulates a spiritual battle against marriage, emphasizing its foundational role in society. He champions motherhood, extolling its value while reflecting on challenges like the sexual revolution and his advocacy during Proposition 8, all with courage and conviction.
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Sexual Difference Is Fundamental
- Archbishop Cordileone argues masculinity and femininity are essential to human being, not incidental or interchangeable.
- He says marriage images God's life-giving communion and reveals God's inner life through a male-female union.
Enlightenment Ideas Fuel Gender Confusion
- Cordileone links modern denial of sexual difference to Enlightenment autonomy and privatized faith.
- He warns unchecked self-determination and technological manipulation of nature erode shared reason and truth.
Free Love Produces Bondage
- 'Free love' and 'birth control' are misnamed: they promise freedom but produce bondage and social breakdown.
- Cordileone connects sexual revolution to rising fatherlessness and worsening social ills.
