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Another Catholic bishop added to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who will be installed as archbishop of San Francisco Oct. 4, was arrested Aug. 25 on suspicion of drunk driving after being stopped at a sobriety checkpoint, police said. The current head of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif., is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Oakland) (Aug. 28, 2012) See CORDILEONE-DUI Aug. 28, 2012.

From CNA:

U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to serve on an advisory board for the country’s newly established Religious Liberty Commission, according to an announcement from the archdiocese.

Cordileone, who has served as archbishop since 2012, is the third member of the Catholic hierarchy to be given a role in the presidential commission’s work. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York and Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, are members of the commission.

“Religious liberty is a critical issue in our time that needs to be defended and addressed,” Cordileone said in a statement. “I am happy to join my brother bishops in providing a Catholic voice on this important topic at a national level.”

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Photo: Archdiocese of San Francisco

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