"The bishop of Springfield, Illinois, formally argued... Cardinal Robert McElroy, 69... has committed a heresy, and that he thus might have incurred an excommunication, and that he thus should be prevented by the Pope from voting in a future conclave." —Catholic journalist J.D. Flynn

"Yes, you read all that right. The bishop of Springfield, Illinois, formally argued this morning that the cardinal bishop of San Diego [Cardinal Robert McElroy, 69, and a link to the recent America article that sparked all this] has committed a heresy, and that he thus might have incurred an excommunication, and that he thus should be prevented by the Pope from voting in a future conclave." —Catholic journalist J.D. Flynn link