Madison Bishop Robert Morlino defended his opposition to gay marriage, the death penalty and embryonic stem-cell research Monday, saying his views should not be surprising since the Catholic Church "is intensely pro-life, pro-marriage and pro-family."
Morlino said these public positions are not simply "Catholic" issues. "These are not tenets of our ‘faith’ which we are defending," Morlino said in a statement. "They are universal truths, based on reason alone." Read more.