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Pope Francis. On Jan. 6, the Vatican announced Cardinal Robert McElroy, 70, the current bishop of San Diego and a critic of Trump, would be taking on the role of archbishop of the Diocese of Washington, D.C., replacing Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who had ...

Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former bishop, Joseph Strickland, who had openly accused the pope of being a heretic and called into question the validity of his leadership.

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With Donald Trump once again assuming power, McElroy and Trump are on a collision course when it comes to immigration, the environment and foreign policy.

And three, to cap it all, a convicted felon, one Donald Trump landing in the White House for a second term and, as a result of his election, just avoiding landing in jail. You couldn’t make it up. Pope Francis calls his new book,

C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to schmooze President Donald Trump and his chums, a leader on the other side of the Tiber was communicating stark disapproval of their plans.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a dec ...

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.