SAN DIEGO — Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego was appointed the new Archbishop of Washington D.C. Monday, replacing Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who is retiring. Cardinal McElroy will take over ...

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

Robert McElroy, 70, is expected to be named to the high-profile Roman Catholic post in the nation's capital, according to the National Catholic Reporter, followed by other sources.

San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy surprised critics and supporters alike last Sunday when he ordered the body of former La Jollan and sex-abuse whistleblower Richard Sipe to be exhumed and burned in ...

Walter Mencken: Nothing to confess except my admiration, Your Eminence, and as for respect, if I hadn’t removed my hat when I came in, I would most definitely tip it in your direction. You Trumped me.

ROME (AP) — 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 ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory, retiring at 77, in the nation’s capital. Photo by Chris Stone Only 2 1/2 years after being named a cardinal, a top San Diego ...