Fr. Michael Briese says Cdl. McElroy never refuted his allegations of abuse cover-ups, instead threatening laicization unless he removed blog posts exposing DC clergy scandals.
Pope Leo publicly imposed the pallium on 54 new archbishops at the Vatican, returning to the pre-2015 custom dropped under Francis in a move welcomed by many Catholics.
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., expects the major themes of Francis’ pontificate to endure, including synodality, and said that was a major factor in Pope Leo XIV's election.
Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Michael Pham, who was appointed an auxiliary bishop of San Diego by Pope Francis in 2023, to head the diocese and succeed heterodox Cardinal Robert McElroy.
Any bishop or cardinal who has enabled abuse, minimized its severity, or failed to act decisively to protect victims must be held accountable – not elevated to positions of greater authority.
The newly-installed archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, has strongly pushed Communion for pro-abortion politicians, attacked Catholic doctrine on sexuality, promoted LGBT activists, and encouraged ‘ordination’ of women.
Catholics gathered during Cardinal Robert McElroy's installation Mass to 'ask the President and Vice President to launch a RICO investigation into the USCCB' and protest against McElroy's cover-up of abuses by ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Catholics turned out for a protest against the installation of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the new archbishop of Washington on Tuesday. McElroy, known for his heterodox statements, allegedly covered up abuses by ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.