![Newly elevated Cardinal, Monsignor Robert Walter McElroy gestures as he attends a courtesy visit of relatives following a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals by the Pope, on August 27, 2022 in The Vatican. Newly elevated Cardinal, Monsignor Robert Walter McElroy gestures as he attends a courtesy visit of relatives following a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals by the Pope, on August 27, 2022 in The Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20230207060244_0992f13b2d2e0f40d72209bf32d60996322466730e443733240457e8af3bf43e.jpg)
Women and the Diaconate: A Theological Opinion
COMMENTARY: Cardinal McElroy’s recent public stance in favor of women’s ordination cannot be sustained by the historic and theological evidence.
COMMENTARY: Cardinal McElroy’s recent public stance in favor of women’s ordination cannot be sustained by the historic and theological evidence.
COMMENTARY: The sensibility on display in the cardinal’s recent article is not that of the Bible, the Fathers of the Church, the Second Vatican Council or the Catechism.
COMMENTARY: Three cases bear special note.
ANALYSIS: After the August consistory, there will be 132 cardinals with the right to vote in a papal conclave, 12 more than the limit of 120 established by Pope St. Paul VI.
Pope Francis will create 21 cardinals at a consistory to be held Aug. 27.
San Diego shepherd has decried ‘weaponization of Eucharist.’
The 67-year-old bishop began discussing the possible surgery with doctors after he received results from medical tests over the summer, the diocese said in a statement.
COMMENTARY: While there is some room for interpretation, it is important that the actual teaching of the Church and the current discipline be accurately laid out.
During an Oct. 13 virtual discussion about voting, the bishop of San Diego implied that Joe Biden’s overt support for abortion rights is a ‘prudential’ position that is acceptable for a Catholic politician to advance.
‘What has been a major theme — and this gets tied not just [to] the Eucharist, but the larger sacramental life — is how can the Church have a ministry of ‘presence’ rather than a ministry of ‘visit’?” Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego said.
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