Pope Francis named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's ...

I praise God for it because it helped to form me and shape me to be the bishop that I am,” he said of his time in the Diocese of Belleville.

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

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

One church historian calls the decision a ‘bold move’ by the Pope and a ‘statement’ to the incoming administration.

Pope Francis selected San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who once called for anti-Trump "disruptors," to lead the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.

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

San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who has led a diocese that runs the length of California’s southern border with Mexico for a decade, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a major sexual ...

Pope Francis has named like-minded San Francisco native Cardinal Robert McElroy as the archbishop of Washington, D.C.

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