With Donald Trump once again assuming power, McElroy and Trump are on a collision course when it comes to immigration, the ...

Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S.

Cardinal McElroy, widely seen as a progressive and an ally of Pope Francis, was appointed by the Pope to the College of Cardinals in August 2022. He has served as shepherd of San Diego since 2015.

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy poses after after a consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen NEW YORK – In opening remarks as ...

Pope Francis on Monday tapped Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego to become the archbishop of Washington, D.C., selecting one of his most progressive allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S ...

Ahead of his permanent move to Washington, D.C., San Diego’s first-ever cardinal wanted thousands of people who attended ...

Two weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego was introduced as the next archbishop of Washington, D.C. during a press conference Jan. 6 in a side ...

On Jan. 6, the Vatican announced Cardinal Robert McElroy, 70, the current bishop of San Diego and a critic of Trump, would be ...

That approach came through prominently as San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy made his first appearance after the announcement. Speaking at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington ...

There will be at least two sets of clergy praying on this Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. One will be praying for Trump ...

Cardinal McElroy also supports women deacons for the Church and is a vocal supporter of LGBT-identified Catholics. Born in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 1954, Bishop McElroy grew up in San Mateo County ...

Pope Francis has named like-minded San Francisco native Cardinal Robert McElroy as the archbishop of Washington, D.C., tapping one of his most progressive allies to head the Catholic Church in the ...