I think one thing is overlooked is that a McElroy appointment will just mean the Pope has his influence in the Americas further erode, DC becomes an even less consequential bishopric in the United States, and McElroy likely loses any battle he picks with the incoming administration on immigration, just as Francis is essentially 0-100 on …
I think one thing is overlooked is that a McElroy appointment will just mean the Pope has his influence in the Americas further erode, DC becomes an even less consequential bishopric in the United States, and McElroy likely loses any battle he picks with the incoming administration on immigration, just as Francis is essentially 0-100 on every immigration battle in Europe, with all of the loss of influence and helping to drive the sharp shift to the right on immigration where Rome can offer no solutions, because she willingly abandoned any pretense of trying to offer solutions when she said any enforcement of borders was anti-immigrant.
Why people expect this to be any different is beyond me. Sometimes its not a question of the theological inclinations: its do you want relevance, inside and outside the Church? McElroy to DC would seem to say the answer is no, for Francis, his allies, and McElroy himself.
This comment is totally and completely about influence and external power. You could have at least offered insights as to why tradition and conservative values draw us closer to the sacraments. Or perhaps that conservatives feel pastorally abandoned. But this is instead clearly about power and influence. It’s one of the main reasons in DC I have such a hard time accompanying people to come back to the faith. They want to feel empowered through theology that helps them understand the world. And too often, people mistake our traditions as an attempt to exert something over them.
I think one thing is overlooked is that a McElroy appointment will just mean the Pope has his influence in the Americas further erode, DC becomes an even less consequential bishopric in the United States, and McElroy likely loses any battle he picks with the incoming administration on immigration, just as Francis is essentially 0-100 on every immigration battle in Europe, with all of the loss of influence and helping to drive the sharp shift to the right on immigration where Rome can offer no solutions, because she willingly abandoned any pretense of trying to offer solutions when she said any enforcement of borders was anti-immigrant.
Why people expect this to be any different is beyond me. Sometimes its not a question of the theological inclinations: its do you want relevance, inside and outside the Church? McElroy to DC would seem to say the answer is no, for Francis, his allies, and McElroy himself.
This comment is totally and completely about influence and external power. You could have at least offered insights as to why tradition and conservative values draw us closer to the sacraments. Or perhaps that conservatives feel pastorally abandoned. But this is instead clearly about power and influence. It’s one of the main reasons in DC I have such a hard time accompanying people to come back to the faith. They want to feel empowered through theology that helps them understand the world. And too often, people mistake our traditions as an attempt to exert something over them.
> its do you want relevance, inside and outside the Church?
I can't imagine anything less relevant to the Empire than some broke handyman from Nazareth so why start trying to be relevant now?