Not one US bishop supported Bishop Strickland. That are spoiled, weak, effeminate, closeted cowards who are afraid Francis will get rid of them if they speak up.
If Pope Francis has appointed McElroy to Washington on the basis that he will oppose Trump's policy on immigration, he may get a very nasty surprise. Politics is a supremely dirty business and Trump has no hesitation in kicking below the belt with steel capped boots. And there is a pile of embarrassing stuff in the above post alone which Trump and his staff can use against McElroy and Francis. Plus any other information on McElroy and Francis which journalists, investigators, the CIA, etc can dig up in the next four years.
Unfortunately, too many editors and journalists in the mainstream and Catholic media cover up for complicit prelates llike Francis, McElroy, Gregory, and countless others.
GREAT commentary, as always, by Gene. This appointment by Francis is like poking us priest abuse victims in the eye with a stick, but Francis just doesn't care because he wants a DC Cardinal who will constantly oppose everything Trump does on immigration, abortion, the economy, the environment, the Middle East, Ukraine, etc. inter multa alia. Protecting children, justice for victims, a truly dedicated clergy we could be proud of, are all things that are to Francis only what the Roman author Tacitus called " tenus ore " - they only matter " as far as his MOUTH ".
Honest question: Who, if any, are the Bishops and Cardinals on the political left who AREN'T waist deep in sexual abuse scandals, or assisting in the cover up?
McElroy's appointment, aside from blatant patronage, may also have been an overplayed attempt to assure the establishment that the Rachel Mastrogiacomo affair is not to be taken seriously. But, as usual, the Vatican is deaf and blind to the mood of the Church in America.
Not one US bishop supported Bishop Strickland. That are spoiled, weak, effeminate, closeted cowards who are afraid Francis will get rid of them if they speak up.
If Pope Francis has appointed McElroy to Washington on the basis that he will oppose Trump's policy on immigration, he may get a very nasty surprise. Politics is a supremely dirty business and Trump has no hesitation in kicking below the belt with steel capped boots. And there is a pile of embarrassing stuff in the above post alone which Trump and his staff can use against McElroy and Francis. Plus any other information on McElroy and Francis which journalists, investigators, the CIA, etc can dig up in the next four years.
Unfortunately, too many editors and journalists in the mainstream and Catholic media cover up for complicit prelates llike Francis, McElroy, Gregory, and countless others.
GREAT commentary, as always, by Gene. This appointment by Francis is like poking us priest abuse victims in the eye with a stick, but Francis just doesn't care because he wants a DC Cardinal who will constantly oppose everything Trump does on immigration, abortion, the economy, the environment, the Middle East, Ukraine, etc. inter multa alia. Protecting children, justice for victims, a truly dedicated clergy we could be proud of, are all things that are to Francis only what the Roman author Tacitus called " tenus ore " - they only matter " as far as his MOUTH ".
So very accurately true!
Honest question: Who, if any, are the Bishops and Cardinals on the political left who AREN'T waist deep in sexual abuse scandals, or assisting in the cover up?
Yes, such things (and many others to boot) are a poke in the eye for us survivors.
McElroy's appointment, aside from blatant patronage, may also have been an overplayed attempt to assure the establishment that the Rachel Mastrogiacomo affair is not to be taken seriously. But, as usual, the Vatican is deaf and blind to the mood of the Church in America.
Added to that, Catholics are not being disrespectful when disregarding this terrible hierarchy when they do not follow our God given catholic faith.