Cardinal Robert McElroy, Bishop of San Diego since 2015, was sworn in as the eighth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Tuesday.

During the nearly two-hour liturgy, Cardinal McElroy encouraged the faithful of his new archdiocese to be “pilgrims of hope ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy emphasized the importance of Christian hope, mercy, and respecting human dignity in a homily in the nation’s capital during his solemn installation Mass in which he assumed the ...

Prevost is one of 137 special bishops able to vote to elect a new pope. And Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, the socially progressive archbishop of Washington, D.C., until retiring in January ...

When Stanford parted ways with football coach Troy Taylor earlier in the week, Bob Gregory already was long gone from the ...

McElroy, 70, replaces the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who steps down after having navigated the archdiocese through the fallout of the 2018 escalation of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, right, the retiring archbishop of Washington, dispenses ashes to Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, during Ash Wednesday Mass March 5, 2025, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew ...

Pope Francis’ health scare that’s left him hospitalized with double pneumonia for weeks has Catholics worldwide and in Chicago praying for the 88-year-old’s recovery, but also preparing for ...