Pope Francis Picks ‘Heretical’ Anti-Trump Cardinal as Archbishop of Washington, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, January 8, 2025

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Tit-for-tat appointment follows president-elect’s nomination of papal critic as Vatican ambassador

Pope Francis has nominated Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, a highly unorthodox prelate and a fierce critic of President-Elect Donald Trump, as archbishop of Washington, just two weeks before Trump begins his second term.

McElroy, who has been accused of covering up Satanic ritual clerical sex abuse, is seen as a leading progressive in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy, calling for the “radical inclusion” of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the church and drawing a moral equivalence between climate change and abortion.

Labelled “heretical” by a senior fellow bishops, the 70-year-old cardinal also favors ordaining female deacons, giving communion to pro-abortion politicians and couples in irregular relationships, lax policies on immigration, and a liberal approach to both Muslim migrants and the religion of Islam generally. …

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