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

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. He is tapping one of his ...

Only 2 1/2 years after being named a cardinal, a top San Diego spiritual leader is headed to Washington, D.C., as archbishop, ...

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

Having led the San Diego diocese since 2015, McElroy, 70, has experience with immigration, both as a political issue and a ...

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

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis appointed Cardinal McElroy, 70, as archbishop of Washington, a high-profile ...

Observers say progressive new archbishop of Washington is expected to speak out for immigrants, LGBTQ persons and the ...

Pope Francis has appointed San Diego’s Cardinal Robert W. McElroy—seen in Rome as one of the intellectual heavyweights in the ...

Pope Francis appoints Cardinal McElroy as Archbishop of Washington, signifying ideological progression in the Church.