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

Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego is known for his progressive views on LGBTQ+ issues and social inequality.

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

More pardons, measures to prevent homegrown political extremism, and more military aid for Israel are among the plans that ...

Pope Francis taps one of most outspoken and progressive-leaning U.S. Catholic leaders to Washington, D.C. ahead of Trump term ...

French Bishop Dominique Rey said he was recently informed by the nuncio, the pope’s ambassador in France, that Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Known for his support of the Traditional Latin Mass, Bishop Rey had also ordained diocesan clerics using the 1962 Roman ...

Brambilla was named as "prefect" of the Vatican office. Francis also named Spanish Cardinal Angel Fernández Artime as ...

The office is one of the most important in the Vatican, overseeing all religious orders under the Catholic church.