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Mass deportations ‘incompatible with Catholic doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy says in DC debut

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on Apr. 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA

National Catholic Register, Jan 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

CardinalRobertMcElroy,thenewarchbishopofWashington,D.C.,sayshewishessuccessforPresident-electDonaldTrump’sincomingadministrationbutthathe’llbewatchingcloselytoseehowTrumpdealswithimmigrantswhoareinthecountrywithoutlegalstatus. “TheCatholicChurchteachesthatacountryhastherighttocontrolitsborders.Andournation’sdesiretodothatisalegitimateeffort,”McElroysaidMonday,shortlyafterbeingintroducedasWashington’seightharchbishopduringanonlinepressconferenceattheCathedralofSt.MatthewtheApostleamidanunusuallyheavysnowstorminthenation’scapital. “Atthesametime,wearecalledalwaystohaveasenseofthedignityofeveryhumanperson.Andthus,planswhichhavebeentalkedaboutatsomelevelsofhavingawiderindiscriminatemassivedeportationacrossthecountrywouldbesomethingthatwouldbeincompatiblewithCatholicdoctrine.S