With Donald Trump once again assuming power, McElroy and Trump are on a collision course when it comes to immigration, the ...

People pray during Eucharistic Adoration that preceded the Youth Mass for Life on Jan. 24, 2025 at the Cathedral of St.

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.

McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins. By Elizabeth Dias Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego ...

Cardinal McElroy, widely seen as a progressive and an ally of Pope Francis, was appointed by the Pope to the College of Cardinals in August 2022. He has served as shepherd of San Diego since 2015 ...

FILE - Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, bishop of San Diego, attends a reception for relatives and friends in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Having led the San Diego diocese since 2015, McElroy, 70, has experience with immigration, both as a political issue and a reality in his diocesan churches. WASHINGTON (RNS ...

Two weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego was introduced as the next archbishop of Washington, D.C. during a press conference Jan. 6 in a side ...

Fellow Auxiliary Bishop Juan R. Esposito said that, as with Cardinal Gregory’s 2019 appointment, the naming of Cardinal McElroy to the Washington archdiocese was “yet another expression of our Holy ...

Cardinal McElroy also supports women deacons for the Church and is a vocal supporter of LGBT-identified Catholics. Born in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 1954, Bishop McElroy grew up in San Mateo County ...

That approach came through prominently as San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy made his first appearance after the announcement. Speaking at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington ...