Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop

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51% : McElroy, a graduate of Harvard University with a master's in history from Stanford University, is a native of San Francisco and had ministered there until Francis moved him to San Diego.Vincent Miller, professor of theology at the University of Dayton, pointed to McElroy's writings on Christian nationalism and patriotism -- in which he argued for a "morally sound and unitive" patriotism as opposed to an isolationist one -- as particularly relevant today.
51% : "McElroy's appointment to Washington comes just a few weeks after Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, nominated Brian Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

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