Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego, discusses his recent article in America Magazine calling for radical inclusion for L.G.B.T. people, women and others in the Catholic Church.

Read Cardinal McElroy's article here: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith...

Read the full transcript of Jesuitical's interview with Cardinal McElroy here: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith...

Topics discussed:
02:00 Life as a Cardinal Bishop
04:15 What the Cardinal and Pope Francis talk about oneonone
06:38 How to understand some Cardinals' criticisms of Pope Francis
10:40 The Cardinal's thesis: synodality demands inclusion
15:00 Young people, women and LGBT people need the church's pastoral attention
17:00 Is inclusion a code word for changing church teaching?
19:30 Are all sexual sins mortal sins?
23:23 The law of gradualness in the moral life
29:17 Is the Catholic Church heading toward schism?
33:55 How the Cardinal is preparing for the synod, and working to stay open to the Holy Spirit
36:57 The Cardinal makes the case for women deacons
41:45 The Cardinal calls for changing the church's language of "intrinsically disordered", referring to LGBT people.
45:08 What happens if the synod changes nothing regarding inclusion?

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