Dear xcullen,
Overall, I have been glad to have had Cardinal McCarrick as our archbishop. He has brought a sense of vitality and vision to the archdiocese. He has been a prodigious fundraiser. He has built new parishes. The number of Catholics has grown in absolute terms during his time here, and the number of Catholics assisting at Mass appears to have grown, as well.
He has MORE THAN DOUBLED vocations here in Washington. We are ordaining TWELVE priests this week. This is the largest ordination class in over 30 years. I beieve the last ordination class from Cardinal Hickey's era as five men ordained as priests. And the trend line is still up. I hope that soon-to-be Archbishop Wuerl can continue what Cardinal McCarrick started.
Every time I have ever heard Cardinal McCarrick speak in person, he has proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the love of God, that we will want to avoid sin because of God's love for us. And every time I have ever heard Cardinal McCarrick speak in person, he has invited every young person in his audience to contemplate becoming a priest or religious. He has always spoken about the joy of being a priest of Jesus Christ.
Yes, there are many good things about the cardinal.
However, I wasn't at all happy how he (mis)handled the question of what to do with pro-abortion "Catholic" politicians.
I was less unhappy that I disagreed with his approach than I was that he didn't accurately represent then-Cardinal Ratzinger's letter on the subject to his brother bishops. Honest disagreements I can handle. Dishonest representation of those disagreements is wrong.
sitetest
OTOH, Sitetest, CUA's seminary is famous for being a "Pink Palace." At least at Emmitsburgh the raunch is heterosexual. (And not actually usually involving the seminarians themselves.