Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

Pope Francis has appointed a supporter of allowing pro-abortion Catholic politicians to receive communion to lead the Roman ...

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.

ROME -- 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 ...

Pope Francis selected San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who once called for anti-Trump "disruptors," to lead the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.

Pope Francis, during a New Year's Day Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, emphasized the need to protect life from conception to natural death. He reiterated his opposition to abortion, comparing it to ...

I praise God for it because it helped to form me and shape me to be the bishop that I am,” he said of his time in the Diocese ...

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the ...

POPE Francis sits on his wheelchair as he presides ... abdicated for a day rather than approve legislation to legalize abortion. The Holy See’s saint-making office on December 17 established ...