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Hundreds packed into the wooden pews of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in downtown Washington for Sunday evening Mass. The sanctuary, which seats about 1,000, was so full ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., is seeking to laicize Father Michael Briese, a whistleblower archdiocesan priest, for refusing to take down blog posts detailing allegations that two priests who ...

Congress has, after much debate and delay, passed a sprawling budget bill, colloquially termed the “big beautiful” bill. Among other expenditures, the bill devotes roughly $46.5 billion to new segments ...

The Archdiocese of Washington has announced plans to “cut spending, reduce its workforce, and restructure departments” to combat “crippling economic challenges.” In a June 5 letter sent to archdiocesan staff ...

Will McElroy dismiss these allegations like he did those from Richard Sipe? While living in Coronado, CA from 2009 to 2023, I had the pleasure of befriending and collaborating with ...

I have completed a rigorous financial review of Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., driven by a quest to unravel the blend of his ecclesiastical power and monetary ...

During his remarks, Cardinal McElroy sharply criticized the administration’s foreign aid suspension as 'unconscionable through any prism of Catholic thought.' Washington, D.C.’s newly minted archbishop, Cardinal Robert McElroy, made his ...

Under Cardinal McElroy, Catholic Charities of San Diego received about $70 million in federal grant funding over two fiscal years to provide services for migrants in San Diego County and ...

The promotion of Cardinal Robert McElroy sends a clear message to Catholics who want their parishes safe and the faith taught: go pound sand ...

In an interview five days before he would be installed as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy expressed concern about the personal impact of the Trump Administration’s ...

As shepherds of Christ’s flock, bishops are called to be vigilant in safeguarding the integrity of the Church and the souls entrusted to our care. It is with deep concern ...

Rachel Mastrogiacomo, whose satanic sexual abuse was covered up Cardinal Robert McElroy, travelled from Louisiana to Washington, D.C. to confront McElroy on the occasion of his 11 March 2025 installation ...

Taylor Marshall and John Yep discuss the recent call for a RICO investigation of the U.S. Catholic bishops. We are in a sad state of affairs when we need to ...

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The basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was full, and the entrance processional snaked around the nave, as thousands of Catholics and hundreds of clerics from across ...

Among the 137 cardinals currently eligible to vote in the next conclave, including ten from the United States, are cardinals like Robert McElroy, Joseph Tobin, Wilton Gregory, Timothy Dolan, and ...

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. TRUMP, VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS. VANCE, AND ALL 150 CATHOLIC U.S. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Roman Catholics are coming to the heartbreaking realization that our ...

Moments after stating that he has no present plans to meet with President Donald Trump, emphasizing what he stressed is the intrinsically pastoral and not political role of the Archbishop ...

Ralph Martin asks how someone can be appointed Archbishop of Washington, DC, after expressing views contrary to the Catholic faith? This is the question being raised by many within the ...

For an eighty-eight-year-old man who has spent only five days in the United States and doesn’t speak English, Pope Francis is a surprisingly partisan observer of American politics. For most ...

Crdinal Robert McElroy decried the White House crackdown on undocumented immigrants as a "war of fear and terror," speaking at a prayer service on Sunday just days after federal cuts ...