Trump's Troubles

Pope names frequent trump critic to archbishop of DC. this should be fun

Pope Francis names Cardinal Robert McElroy as archbishop of Washington, D.C. : NPR

Pope Francis has selected a vocal critic of President-elect Donald Trump as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C. It is one of the most high-profile Catholic leadership positions in the U.S., and he has selected San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy. NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose is with us now to tell us more about this. Good morning, Jason.

JASON DEROSE, BYLINE: Good morning.

MARTIN: Let's start with the incoming archbishop's criticisms of Donald Trump. What has he said?

DEROSE: Well, a few specific areas have been a focus for McElroy. He called the Muslim ban during the first Trump administration religious prejudice. This was, of course, the ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries entering the U.S. McElroy also worked against family separations at the border, which took place during the first Trump administration. And he's been especially vocal about Trump's threats of mass deportations. He's called them gravely evil. McElroy says it's unthinkable to rip people out of their homes and their lives and their Catholic congregations. And, Michel, he says Catholics should oppose deportations with the same energy they give to abortion.