Vatican Names Trump Critic To Head DC Archdiocese

The Washington Post reports:

The Vatican named one of the United States’ leading liberal Catholic prelates Monday to run the prominent D.C.-area archdiocese, sending to the nation’s capital, as a second Trump administration begins, a cleric known for a pastoral approach to migrants and for the “radical inclusion” of the LGBTQ+ community.

San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who for a decade has headed a diocese running the length of California’s southern border with Mexico, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a major sexual abuse and mismanagement scandal that broke in 2018.

Speaking at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, McElroy delivered a message of unity and gratitude on Monday. He thanked Pope Francis, celebrated African Americans, addressed the Hispanic community in Spanish, called for inclusion

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