LIVE Q&A @ 2pm EST about Cardinal McCarrick/Bishop Wuerl

For anyone who is reading the blog over the next hour:

Thomas P. Melady, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and currently senior diplomat in residence at the Institute for World Politics, will be online Tuesday, May 16, at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the resignation of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick as Archbishop of Washington, the appointment of Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl as his successor and what the change will mean. CLICK HERE.

Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion.

Update: the Q&Ais running now but you can still submit questions if you want. I doubt any of mine will get answered... I guess I'm too inflammatory. ;-)

Update 2: I take it back, he already took one of them:

Detroit, Mich. [ME]: Will Archbishop-elect Wuerl have a different position on giving communion to pro-abortion politicians than Cardinal McCarrick did?

Thomas P. Melady: I'm a lay person. I would say that Cardinal McCarrick followed the church position and was guided by church policy. I predict that there'll be a continuity in the position of Archbishop-designate Wuerl with the decisions and policies of Cardinal McCarrick.

Update 3: I take it double back:

Ann Arbor, Mich. [Also ME]: Will Archbishop-elect Wuerl continue his duties at the USCCB?
Will he take a greater interested in the Catholic University of America?

Thomas P. Melady: In regard to Catholic University, I believe that the Archbishop of Washington also becomes the chancellor of the university so almost automatically he will become more involved in the policies and activities of the Catholic University of America.

Update 4: I'm three for three. They should just have me do the interview:

Detroit, Mich. [ME, again]: What sort of political effect could Wuerl's appointment have - especially during the fall election campaigns? i.e., is the Vatican making any particular statements by appointing Wuerl?

Thomas P. Melady: Oh, I don't think politics enters into the situation at all. Bishop Wuerl was chosen to lead the Archdioces of Washington and it's just by accident that his coming here coincides with the coming elections.