For those looking for a less political perspective on McIlroy, Rocco Palmo suggests this homily of his: https://www.cal-catholic.com/bishop-robert-mcelroy-delivers-homily-at-vigil-for-archbishop-john-quinn/
Archbishop Quinn was accommodationist to the regnant culture, as is McElroy. The homily, while beautiful in its Biblical meditation, confirms this. John OтАЩConnor also witnessed heroically to AIDS patients, but never wavered in defense of the unborn, or in challenge to тАЬpersonally opposed, but..тАЭ Catholic politicians . HeтАЩs just one example.
I don't know much about Quinn (or McElroy), so I'll just speak for myself. I oppose accommodation to culture if that means failing to duly challenge wrongs or otherwise lacking courage in proclaiming the truth. But (1) in terms of prudence, the cultural context can be an important consideration--what course of action is going to most effectively protect the unborn (or most effectively get through to Catholics with poorly formed consciences on abortion). (2) More fundamentally (and here I have in mind questions around homosexuality), particularly in the case of novel cultural practices, part of seeking the truth courageously is to be open to the possibility that we may be confusing a human tradition for the command of God. We ignore the witness of Sts. Peter and Paul at our peril (e.g. Acts 9-10).
For those looking for a less political perspective on McIlroy, Rocco Palmo suggests this homily of his: https://www.cal-catholic.com/bishop-robert-mcelroy-delivers-homily-at-vigil-for-archbishop-john-quinn/
Archbishop Quinn was accommodationist to the regnant culture, as is McElroy. The homily, while beautiful in its Biblical meditation, confirms this. John OтАЩConnor also witnessed heroically to AIDS patients, but never wavered in defense of the unborn, or in challenge to тАЬpersonally opposed, but..тАЭ Catholic politicians . HeтАЩs just one example.
I don't know much about Quinn (or McElroy), so I'll just speak for myself. I oppose accommodation to culture if that means failing to duly challenge wrongs or otherwise lacking courage in proclaiming the truth. But (1) in terms of prudence, the cultural context can be an important consideration--what course of action is going to most effectively protect the unborn (or most effectively get through to Catholics with poorly formed consciences on abortion). (2) More fundamentally (and here I have in mind questions around homosexuality), particularly in the case of novel cultural practices, part of seeking the truth courageously is to be open to the possibility that we may be confusing a human tradition for the command of God. We ignore the witness of Sts. Peter and Paul at our peril (e.g. Acts 9-10).