Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, one of Pope Francis’ ideological allies who has often sparred with more conservative U.S. bishops, was named by the pope on Sunday as one of 21 new cardinals.
The San Diego diocese said McElroy will be installed by Pope Francis on August 27 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Among his notable stances, McElroy, 68, has been one of a minority of U.S. bishops harshly criticizing the campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion.
“It will bring tremendously destructive consequences,” McElroy wrote in May 2021. “The Eucharist is being weaponized and deployed as a tool in political warfare. This must not happen.”
In selecting McElroy, Francis passed over the higher-ranking archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone. Earlier this month, Cordileone said he will no longer allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.
McElroy, in a statement, said he was “stunned and deeply surprised” by the news of his appointment.
“My prayer is that in this ministry I might be of additional service to the God who has graced me on so many levels in my life,” he said. “And I pray also that I can assist the Holy Father in his pastoral renewal of the Church.”
Cordileone issued a brief statement noting that McElroy is a native San Franciscan and offering congratulations on the appointment. The statement made no mention of the two clerics’ differences.
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who has worked with McElroy for many years, also offered congratulations — adding that the new cardinal “will serve the global Church well.”
“By naming Bishop Robert McElroy as a cardinal, Pope Francis has shown his pastoral care for the Church in the United States,” Gomez said in a written statement.
McElroy received a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard in 1975 and a master’s in history from Stanford in 1976.
He studied at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, and in 1985 received a theology degree at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. He obtained a doctorate in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome the following year and a Ph.D in political science at Stanford in 1989.
He was ordained a priest in 1980 and assigned to the San Francisco diocese, where he served in a parish before becoming personal secretary to Archbishop John Quinn. Other California parish assignments included Redwood City and San Mateo.
He became an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco in 2010. In 2015, early in Francis’ pontificate, he was named bishop of San Diego.
Over recent years, McElroy has been among the relatively few U.S. bishops who questioned why the bishops’ conference insisted on identifying abortion as its “preeminent” priority. He has questioned why greater prominence was not given to issues such as racism, poverty, immigration and climate change.
“The death toll from abortion is more immediate, but the long-term death toll from unchecked climate change is larger and threatens the very future of humanity,” he said in a speech in 2020.
Last year, he was among a small group of bishops signing a statement expressing support for LGBT youth and denouncing the bullying often directed at them.
The bishops’ statement said LGBT youth attempt suicide at much higher rates, are often homeless because of families who reject them and “are the target of violent acts at alarming rates.”
“We take this opportunity to say to our LGBT friends, especially young people, that we stand with you and oppose any form of violence, bullying or harassment directed at you,” it read. “Most of all, know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, hailed McElroy’s appointment.
“He represents the kind of prelate our church needs, one who will stretch out a hand, not a fist, to the LGBTQ community,” DeBernardo said. “As an elector of future popes, McElroy can play a role in making sure that the next papacy will continue in the welcoming spirit of Pope Francis.”
The Diocese of San Diego runs the length of California’s border with Mexico and serves more than 1.3 million Catholics in San Diego and Imperial counties. It includes 98 parishes, 49 elementary and secondary schools, and, through Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego, various social service and family support organizations throughout the region.
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Keep in mind: Not all who claim to be Christians are the children of God.
Some who claim to be Christians are just CINO (Christians In Name Only).
They pretend to be Christians, but are disciples of Satan.
Not all Churches are Churches of GOD. Some are churches of Satan.
True and False Prophets
Matthew 7:15-16, 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
16 By their fruit you will recognize them.
“We take this opportunity to say to our LGBT friends, especially young people, that we stand with you and oppose any form of violence, bullying or harassment directed at you,” it read. “Most of all, know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, hailed McElroy’s appointment.
But:
Lev 20:13
13 “‘If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Rom 1:24-27
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
This true and Also the Bible says Call no Man on Earth Father and every time you do it is another SIN and you all call every Priest father you are on the Wrong side Period and You all Pray to the DEAD and the Dead HEAR NOT Period
Matthew 7:14-20
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Enter this Pope and his twittering Cardinals who think to bring good fruit from the kind of fruit of the looms that reside beneath Hunter Biden’s jeans. If young George Washington had his axe he would have chopped down their cherry trees, but at least had the honesty to admit it, nor cast his pearls before swine. These ones stretch out the hand of a Leper. Let them first cleanse themselves then commune, lest others become infected.
To inluminatuo “…. nor cast his pearls before swine…..” I Like that Quote .!
Pope Francis picks leftist US bishop to be a cardinal
Pope Francis Picks Leftist US Bishop To Be A Cardinal
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” Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, one of Pope Francis’ ideological allies who has often…Pope Francis picks leftist US bishop to be a cardinal
Pope Francis Picks Leftist US Bishop To Be A Cardinal
by Associated Press | May 31, 2022 6:55 am | News | 5
Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, one of Pope Francis’ ideological allies who has often…”
It Jus Goes To Show, No Matter How Much Catholic Authority You think you May Have , You don’t Mess With Nancy Pelosi This Quote Explains ,” The Second Rule of the Ethies of the means and ends Is Dependent Upon the Political position of those sitting in Judgement.” Quote Taken from ” RULES FOR RADICALS . “
Who else would the communist poop pick?
In selecting McElroy, Francis passed over the higher-ranking archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone. Earlier this month, Cordileone said he will no longer allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.
ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO, SALVATORE CORDILOE, EAT CROW.!
CORRECTION :”…………Selecting McElroy, Pope Francis passed over the higher-ranking archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone.”
The church’s stances as of late have been very troubling.
Good Grief—now we have left-wing and right-wing in the Church, too.
No ! Now U have a FAR LEFTIST & LIFTIST in the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Religion, like The SUPREME COURT Justices, Are ” POLITICAL.”
Democrat President, JOE BIDEN, want to, ” PACK THE SUPREME COURT,” With Former Judges Like JUSTICE JACKSON,”
A Black Woman, ponders WHAT Sex IS A WOMAN, asks Supreme Court Justice Jackson.
This pope is as disgrace!! He should stick to doing pope stuff and stay the hell out of politics. He has done more to alianate catholic persons than any pope in history.
Pope Francis is a socialist who does not follow God’s word. Instead he bends it to fit his own beliefs just as politicians like Nancy Pelosi does. It should be no surprise that he didn’t quite dare to come out and speak his support for abortion and for Pelosi, instead he shows his position through a nomination that will have influence on Catholics for years to come.