Four years after a Catholic man was hounded out of the San Diego Church for being gay, he met Pope Francis last month and spoke at a conference at the Vatican.
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy said he was stunned and shocked when he received a 3 a.m. call Sunday (May 29), notifying him that he had been named by Pope Francis as one of 21 new cardinals.
Two years before long-standing rumors about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick leapt into headlines worldwide, America's most outspoken activist on clergy sexual abuse, Richard Sipe, met with his local bishop San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy.
Two years before long-
standing rumors about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick leapt into headlines worldwide, America's most outspoken activist on clergy sexual abuse, Richard Sipe, met with his local bishop San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy.
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