Jeanie Hannaman

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture - There are so many things to be said about the appointment of Cardinal McElroy to be the next Archbishop of Washington, DC that you could break those things down into different categories... There is, first, the politics category. That is, politics seems to be the sole motivation for the appointment. According to the Pillar, Pope Francis initially resisted appointing McElroy but was persuaded to do so by Cardinal Cupich’s entirely political reasons for wanting McElroy in Washington.

By Patti Maguire Armstrong, National Catholic Register - A lot of people think of a seminary as being an educational facility or monastery or educational boot camp. “It is none of these things,” Father Auro explained. “It’s about a relationship. The bishop entrusts men of his diocese to a seminary to help [each] develop and grow into a Catholic man — and a priest, if that is what God has called him to. The most important relationship in seminary is his relationship with God, and all other relationships are at the service of that relationship.”