SAN DIEGO – Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, released a statement today offering prayers for President-Elect Trump, Vice President-Elect Vance and all candidates elected to Federal, State and Local Office in yesterday’s election:

“I want to offer my prayers for President-elect Trump, Vice- President-elect Vance and all of the men and women across our nation who have been elected to federal, state and local office this week.

“The American people have entrusted to you a profound mission to build up our nation and transform our political culture so that genuine dialogue and devotion to the sacred dignity of the human person will characterize our government at every level. You are men and women of differing parties, regions, races, cultures and ideological visions. But that is precisely why you can become the architects of healing, unity and progress for our divided country in the coming years. May God bless you abundantly in your service to this land that all of us love so deeply.”