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  1. He was chosen because he "is widely regarded as a supporter of the progressive policies of Francis". This includes being in favor of giving communion to politicians, who endorse the killing of the unborn child and euthanasia. He then favored giving communion to sexually active lgbt people. That, by definition, is heretical. In an article in America, McElroy called for a change in sacramental discipline related to the reception of communion by sexually active LGBT people. He emphasized "the privileged place" of conscience and that sexual activity does not lie at the heart of the hierarchy of truths. He also said: "The distinction between orientation and activity cannot be the principal focus for such a pastoral embrace because it inevitably suggests dividing the L.G.B.T. community into those who refrain from sexual activity and those who do not." Reacting to the article, Stephen White, executive director of The Catholic Project at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., noted that he did not see any discussion of sin, "the very thing Christ died to save us from," nor confession, "a remedy for even the gravest of sins," and thus "the fundamental drama of salvation – the very substance of the Good News – is obscured." He pointed out Jesus' teaching "If you love me, you will keep my commandments" as the basis for saying that "the reason God gives us the moral law is precisely to guide us toward those actions and habits that bring us closer to Him and to our neighbor." Reverend Raymond de Souza, writing for National Catholic Register, considered McElroy's article "an attack on Church teaching on sexuality" which is "a pastoral disaster," because McElroy's position that sexual activity outside marriage (for instance, same-sex sexual acts) should not be an impediment to the reception of communion means "the abolition of chastity." "Jettisoning the distinction between 'orientation and activity' in sexual matters means the end of chastity as a virtue to be strived for. Or, at the very least, implies a view that 'the L.B.G.T. community' is not capable of chastity and should therefore be preached a lesser gospel." George Weigel and Archbishop Samuel Aquila criticized McElroy's idea of inclusion since Jesus "practiced some serious exclusion" and demanded radical discipleship that allowed people to refuse it and thus are distinguished from the true disciples. Weigel pointed out Jesus' "exclusion" of the blasphemers against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:29), the pitiless (Matthew 25:41) and those who tempt the innocent (Luke 17:2);[32] while Aquila referred to the rich young man (cf. Mk 10:17–22), the people who did not welcome the Gospel brought by the visiting disciples (Mt 10:14) and those who did not accept the teaching on the Bread of Life and left Jesus (cf. Jn 6:66).[33] In 2023 Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, quoted Cardinal McElroy as an example of a church leader whose public pronouncement contradicted a “truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith”. Paprocki took issue with remarks made by Cardinal McElroy in which he appeared to reject teaching that a person must be in a state of grace to receive Holy Communion. Paprocki also posed the question of an unnamed cardinal stating publicly that “homosexual acts are not sinful and same-sex unions should be blessed by the Church” as a further example of heterodox thought among Catholic leaders. “Until recently, it would be hard to imagine any successor of the apostles making such heterodox statements,” wrote Bishop Paprocki in First Things. When another Bishop calls McElroy heretical. That holds more weight than when I say it. Check out the article below. https://catholicherald.co.uk/paprocki-calls-views-of-us-cardinal-heretical/
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