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In the nomination of Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego to cardinal, many observers of U.S. Catholicism saw a snub rather than a selection. While McElroy is well-liked and well-respected, he wasn’t the obvious or traditional pick, even within California. That would have been Salvatore Cordileone, archbishop of San Francisco, or José Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In choosing McElroy over the two more conservative archbishops, Pope Francis appeared to be signaling a side in the U.S. Catholic culture wars.
But McElroy, who was elevated to cardinal in Rome on Saturday (Aug. 27), insists his selection was not political — it was pastoral. “The pope is calling us to look on his pastoral theology in a new way,” he told Religion News Service.
RNS reporters Jack Jenkins and Alejandra Molina look at how McElroy’s nomination could refocus U.S. Catholic priorities: toward immigration and environmentalism — and away from abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Commentary and Analysis
Virtue signaling is designed to communicate specifically to one partisan tribe and to affirm its moral superiority. A scholar of ethics and politics explains why that is unwelcome in a divided US. By Christopher Beem for The Conversation
Popes' roles have changed over time. Some periods produced plenty of saintly popes, while others are notorious for the opposite. By Joanne M. Pierce for The Conversation
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A scholar of Greek mythology explains the naming of NASA's missions after mythological figures and why the name Artemis is indicative of a more diverse era of space exploration. By Marie-Claire Beaulieu for The Conversation
Riders pass through the Grote Kerk, or Large Church, during the third stage of the Vuelta cycling race over 193.2 kilometers (120 miles) with start and finish in Breda, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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