"If he [Cardinal McElroy] wants to be invited to the table anytime the USCCB is working with the White House, he can pretty easily make that happen."
-It seems like this could very easily lead to the complete diminishment of the see's influence. The incoming White House press corp, Trump, or JD Vance could easily release the following sta…
"If he [Cardinal McElroy] wants to be invited to the table anytime the USCCB is working with the White House, he can pretty easily make that happen."
-It seems like this could very easily lead to the complete diminishment of the see's influence. The incoming White House press corp, Trump, or JD Vance could easily release the following statement (tact and diplomatic style has been duplicated):
"We congratulate Cardinal McElroy on his appointment to lead the Archdiocese of Washington. After listening to his current and past statements, we regard him to be a theological and moral dunce. All communication and cooperation with the Vatican and other international dioceses will be done through Cardinal Pierre and our representative Brian Burch. All national policy discussion will be through the USCCB and their delegated representatives.
With this in mind, Cardinal McElroy is not welcome to any of these meetings, and any statements he makes will be considered nothing more than the bluster of one straining for relevance without substance. All statements from him will be promptly ignored by the administration."
Sorry to everyone if I came in a little hot this morning. I have been ruminating on the political and theological calculus of this appointment, and I am fast approaching a "burn it all down" position.
Is there ANY reason for the Trump Administration to not declare Cardinal McElroy a persona non grata? Cardinal McElroy has made it clear that he is no friend to and will be directly adversarial to the incoming administration. What do they [Trump Admin] gain by ever indicating that he, or his opinions, are welcome?
The incoming administration isn't likely to gain any supporters by giving him the time of day. Those dead set against him (see many of the pieces already written in today's Starting Seven #1) won't be swayed by congeniality. So, what is really lost politically by dispensing with it?
The end result is that the influence of the ADW and the Pontiff (because he's the one that put +McElroy there) WILL be diminished. Influence on Peace, humanitarian efforts, economic disparity, and climate will dry up. If the Trump Administration makes it clear that Cardinal McElroy is a fly in the soup and that anything he touches will be discarded, we will all suffer the loss. All because +Cupich saw this as a good time to bite his thumb at the USCCB, +Pierre, and the incoming presidential administration.
"If he [Cardinal McElroy] wants to be invited to the table anytime the USCCB is working with the White House, he can pretty easily make that happen."
-It seems like this could very easily lead to the complete diminishment of the see's influence. The incoming White House press corp, Trump, or JD Vance could easily release the following statement (tact and diplomatic style has been duplicated):
"We congratulate Cardinal McElroy on his appointment to lead the Archdiocese of Washington. After listening to his current and past statements, we regard him to be a theological and moral dunce. All communication and cooperation with the Vatican and other international dioceses will be done through Cardinal Pierre and our representative Brian Burch. All national policy discussion will be through the USCCB and their delegated representatives.
With this in mind, Cardinal McElroy is not welcome to any of these meetings, and any statements he makes will be considered nothing more than the bluster of one straining for relevance without substance. All statements from him will be promptly ignored by the administration."
Sorry to everyone if I came in a little hot this morning. I have been ruminating on the political and theological calculus of this appointment, and I am fast approaching a "burn it all down" position.
Is there ANY reason for the Trump Administration to not declare Cardinal McElroy a persona non grata? Cardinal McElroy has made it clear that he is no friend to and will be directly adversarial to the incoming administration. What do they [Trump Admin] gain by ever indicating that he, or his opinions, are welcome?
The incoming administration isn't likely to gain any supporters by giving him the time of day. Those dead set against him (see many of the pieces already written in today's Starting Seven #1) won't be swayed by congeniality. So, what is really lost politically by dispensing with it?
The end result is that the influence of the ADW and the Pontiff (because he's the one that put +McElroy there) WILL be diminished. Influence on Peace, humanitarian efforts, economic disparity, and climate will dry up. If the Trump Administration makes it clear that Cardinal McElroy is a fly in the soup and that anything he touches will be discarded, we will all suffer the loss. All because +Cupich saw this as a good time to bite his thumb at the USCCB, +Pierre, and the incoming presidential administration.
That is 100% true and "if only" it could be said out loud
It can be and Trump is outspoken and blunt enough to say it.