Technically, any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops from the United States, like ...

New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan has often spoke of his desire as a child to become a cardinal. It wasn’t confessions he dreamed of hearing, though, but the roar of the crowd and the ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego, will become the next archbishop of Washington, D.C., with his inauguration set for March 11, the Vatican announced Jan. 6. McElroy’s appointment ...