McElroy, McCarrick, and the Catholic Left, by Peter Wolfgang 

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture, Jan 11, 2025

Peter Wolfgang is president of Family Institute of Connecticut Action, a Hartford-based advocacy organization whose mission is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society. …

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.

How is that going to work out for the Church? Unsurprisingly, Catholic Culture’s own Phil Lawler had the best hot take: …..

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