Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...

The unusual decision to has sparked discussion about the intersection of traditional Church hierarchy and Pope Francis’ ...

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

Pope Francis appointed vocal Trump critic Cardinal Robert McElroy as the next archbishop of Washington, D.C. What does it signal about the Pope and the Vatican plan to navigate a second Trump ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy has supported migrants and said the church should be more inclusive to women and LGBT people.

McElroy is one of Pope Francis' most progressively like-minded allies. The pope made him Bishop of San Diego in 2015 and elevated him to Cardinal in 2022.

Robert McElroy has made many statements supporting LGBTQ+ people and criticizing Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies.

On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...

Outspokenly progressive, Cardinal McElroy is now poised to take over the ecclesiastical territory of the nation’s capital ...