Pope Francis

Cardinal Robert McElroy, who led the Catholic Diocese of San Diego for a decade, delivered farewell remarks before departing for his new role as archbishop of Washington.

Cardinal Robert McElroy will soon start his new role as archbishop of Washington D.C. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer was there for his last message to San Diegans.

Catholics around the world, including in San Diego, have been keeping a close eye on the news about Pope Francis’ health over the weekend. He suffered a major setback Saturday and remains in critical condition, battling double pneumonia and kidney problems.

The 266th pope has been hospitalized with double pneumonia and mild kidney failure, reports NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes

With the Pope in critical condition, prayers for the pontiff have been pouring in from around the world, including here in San Diego. NBC 7’s M.G. Perez explains the influence Pope Francis has had here at home.

Pope Francis is a beloved spiritual leader with faithful parishioners along California’s border with Mexico. 

Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.”

Pope Francis revealed that he has no intention of resigning in a new book whose excerpts were published by Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper on Thursday.

Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified.

Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality.

NBC San Diego’s Shellye Leggett got reaction from a mass Monday in Little Italy.

The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes.

Pope Francis has presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican. But the pontiff said that he’s still unwell and he asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip.

Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip.

Pope Francis hosted a special lunch for more than 1,000 poor people to mark the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor. Among his guests Sunday were a community of trans women.

Pope Francis met with European rabbis on Monday and decried antisemitism, war and terrorism in a written speech he declined to read, saying he wasn’t feeling well.

Pope Francis is opening a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Progressives are hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles.

The ceremony took place days before Francis opens a big meeting of bishops and lay Catholics on charting the church’s future, where issues such as women’s roles in the church, LGBTQ+ Catholics and priestly celibacy are up for discussion.