ROME — Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., the Vatican announced Monday. The 70-year-old cardinal, who holds doctorates in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and in political science from Stanford, succeeds Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, whose age-related resignation was simultaneously accepted by […]
INDIANAPOLIS —During the five-day National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, some of the most well-known bishops from the United States celebrated Mass to congregations upwards of 50,000 filling Lucas Oil Stadium. On July 19, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, of the Archdiocese of Washington, took to the ambo to speak on the responsibility of the faithful in […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With the pro-life landscape shifting to the states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, events in the Washington Archdiocese connected to the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital will have a different focus this January. In one change, the archdiocese has canceled its long-running arena-size Youth […]
