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Cardinal McElroy’s Attack on Church Teachings on Sexuality Is a Pastoral Disaster

Alberto PizzoliCardinal Robert McElroy gestures as he attends a courtesy visit of relatives following a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals by Pope Francis Aug. 27 at the Vatican.

COMMENTARY: Jettisoning the distinction between ‘orientation and activity’ means the end of chastity as a virtue to be strived for — or implies that ‘the LBGT community’ is not capable of chastity and should therefore be preached a lesser gospel.