Michael Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese; he was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999.

Nuns pray in front of a memorial to Pope Francis at Mission San Diego de Alcalá. (Photo courtesy Mission San Diego de Alcalá via Facebook) Catholics throughout the San Diego area joined the ...

San Diego's Catholics and other faiths were shocked to awaken Monday to news of the passing of Pope Francis, who died at age 88 in Rome the day following Easter. Francis, who suffered from chronic ...

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C., tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Roman ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. He was the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere looked at how his passing impacted Catholics in ...

(AP) — McElroy, 68, has been one of a minority of U.S. bishops harshly criticizing the campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion. (AP) — Bishop Robert ...

For most University of San Diego students, Pope Francis is the only pope they really remember. “Pope Benedict was before him, but as a young kid, I wasn't really aware of what all that meant ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Pope Francis put human dignity at the center of his preaching. He was outspoken on the dangers of shutting out immigrants and the importance of 'welcoming the stranger'.