One year after his installation Mass as archbishop of Washington at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Catholic church in North America, Cardinal Robert W.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church after a conclave that began on May 7. Following his election, he adopted the name Pope Leo XIV. Worldwide ...

Pope Leo XIV's pontifical name is a reflection of his intent to lead the Catholic Church with a “clear vision” amid a turbulent world, Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni said Friday. The Italian prelate ...

VATICAN CITY — American Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected the 267th supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday by the College of Cardinals, ending a two-day conclave in the ...

The Archbishop of Washington said the United States’ war with Iran is “not morally legitimate” because it fails several tenets of Catholic just war principles.

Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy visits with people, including Matthew Uzdavinis at left, during a reception at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood, Maryland, after he celebrated a Mass ...

While spelling out the Catholic Church's conditions for a just war, Cardinal Robert McElroy said that the U.S. decision to go ...