CALIFORNIA
Crux
By Michael O’Loughlin
National reporter April 16, 2015
A study in contrasts is playing out in California, where the newly installed bishop of San Diego, Robert McElroy, issued a call to resist the culture wars yesterday at the same time that prominent Catholics in San Francisco, just 50 miles up the coast, were calling for the firing of his former boss, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
McElroy, an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco for many years, was tapped by Pope Francis last month to lead one of the nation’s largest dioceses, with more than 1 million Catholics, in the latest sign that Francis intends to leave his pastoral imprint on the American Church.
A frequent writer on social inequality and an admirer of Pope Francis, McElroy called on Catholics to step back from the culture wars rocking the country during a service right before his installation Mass yesterday.
Describing culture as “a spiritual enterprise to be cherished,” he said the Church must be a bridge builder.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.