East County News Service
Times of San Diego contributed to this report
Pope Francis urged new cardinals to remember “poor families, migrant and homeless persons.”
Photo: Pope Francis speaks with Cardinal Robert in St. Peter’s Basilica. Screenshot of EWTN
August 28, 2022 (San Diego) – Former San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy was inducted yesterday as the first cardinal from our region. McElroy, 68, along with 18 other new cardinals from five continents, received a scarlet skullcap, gold ring and silk hat from Pope Francis during the consistory ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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