The Good Archbishop Carlson sets an example for the rest of the USCCB, and all Bishops.In an interview with the online newspaper of the Jesuit-run Saint Louis University (SLU), which has had a history of conflict with Church moral teaching, Archbishop Carlson has reminded the school that he will follow his pastoral obligation to guide the school on matters of faith and morals.
"For good or for bad, as archbishop, I am responsible for addressing morality in our time," Carlson told The University Times last week. "For me not to speak would be as violent to faith as you could be…"
The prelate also stressed the importance of fruitful dialogue when disagreement arises.
"If you said, 'I don't agree with you,' I'd say let's talk about it. And then we're building bridges," he said. "The young people who go to SLU are blessed with people who can extend those bridges. That's why I think the university setting can be so stimulating."
Archbishop Carlson has a strong reputation as a defender of the Church's teaching on the sacredness of life: it was he who famously ordered former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle in 2003 to cease calling himself Catholic because of his pro-abortion views.
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