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Cardinal Robert McElroy

Analysis

The Cardinal’s Lament: A Reply to His Reply

March 9, 2023 E. Christian Brugger 80

In his recent response to “critics on sexual sin, the Eucharist, and LGBT and divorced/remarried Catholics” Cardinal Robert W. McElroy defends the morality of some instances of sex between LGBT and divorced and remarried Catholics. […]

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On Cardinal McElroy’s misguided “clarifications” on sin, sex, and conscience

March 7, 2023 Larry Chapp 41

When I was a young seminarian I studied moral theology under the tutelage of the late, great Germain Grisez (1929-2018). I did not agree with all aspects of his “new natural law” theory, but his […]

The Dispatch

Bishop Paprocki pens essay imagining ‘heretical’ cardinals, quoting San Diego’s McElroy

March 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 20

Bishop Thomas Paprocki consecrates the host during Mass. / Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

St. Louis, Mo., Mar 1, 2023 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, on Tuesday published an essay in which he quotes the wo… […]

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AWOL doctors at the Catholic field hospital

March 1, 2023 George Weigel 19

Pope Francis’s image of the Church as a “field hospital,” tending the wounded on today’s social and cultural battlefields, resonates with Catholics across the globe. The image evokes a Church living the Lord’s command in […]

Features

Is the Synod on Synodality actually the Amazon Synod, Part 2?

February 28, 2023 Marcelo Musa Cavallari 9

In his recent article published in America magazine, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy states that the answer to the question “what paths is the church being called to take in the coming decades?”, should be found […]

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News Briefs

San Diego Diocese denies charges that it hid assets to avoid paying child sexual abuse claims

February 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver, Colo., Feb 27, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of San Diego has rejected a lawsuit’s allegations that it restructured diocesan properties to hide assets from sexual abuse victims. The diocese said i… […]

Essay

Cardinal Cupich and the Hermeneutics of the Abyss

February 21, 2023 Larry Chapp 41

Cardinal Blase Cupich, not to be outdone (and outshone) by his confrere Cardinal McElroy, has recently penned a short essay criticizing “exclusion”. It asserts that the theology of the now conveniently deceased Pope Benedict XVI […]

Essay

A better way forward: A response to Cardinal Robert McElroy

February 20, 2023 Bishop Thomas John Paprocki 22

Much ink has been spilled about Cardinal Robert McElroy’s January 24th piece in America on synodality and inclusion. Less attention has been paid to Cardinal McElroy’s follow up interview (Feb 3, 2023), also in America, […]

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San Diego Diocese may file for bankruptcy amid abuse claims

February 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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St. Louis, Mo., Feb 14, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego announced last week that the diocese is considering declaring bankruptcy due to the “staggering” legal costs of responding to 400 ne… […]

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