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Bishop Robert W. McElroy, named an auxiliary bishop of San Francisco in 2010, was elevated to bishop of San Diego in March 2015. He holds degrees in history and political science from Harvard and Stanford as well as a licentiate in sacred theology from the Graduate Theological Union at Berkley, Calif., and a doctorate in moral theology from Rome’s Gregorian University. Bishop McElroy is author of The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contributions of John Courtney Murray (Paulist Press, 1989) and Morality and American Foreign Policy: The Role of Ethics in International Affairs (Princeton University Press, 1992).
FaithFaith and Reason
The proposal to exclude pro-choice Catholic politicians from the Eucharist will bring tremendously destructive consequences—not because of what it says about abortion, but because of what it says about the Eucharist.
FaithFaith and Reason
Pope Francis has brought the legacy of the great saint of Assisi to the very heart of the church’s proclamation to the modern world.
FaithShort Take
The attacks on ‘Building a Bridge’ tap into long-standing bigotry within the church and U.S. culture against members of the L.G.B.T. community.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
If love of country is a virtue and a moral obligation, the nationalistic impulse itself has no moral identity.
Politics & Society
A spiritual conversion to solidarity is not alien to the American political tradition.
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Catholic teaching views the vocation of politics as a vital element in building up the kingdom of God on earth. Democracy is not merely a set of empty procedures, but instead a way to promote the dignity of the human person, respect for human rights and commitment to the common good. For this reason
Newly appointed Bishop of San DiegoRobert McElroy on Pope Francis' vision for the Catholic Church.
After 13 years committed to war, it is time to be alarmed.
The United States has reached a new chapter in its intervention in the Middle East, as the enormous obstacles to achieving peace are being recognized more clearly with every passing day. We have lost our way in Iraq—strategically, militarily and morally—and we need to forge a pathway for