Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington, D.C., cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major scandals involving cover-up of sexual abuse and lost the support of many in his ...

WASHINGTON — When Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington learned that Pope Benedict XVI would resign, like every other Catholic in the world, he found himself thrust into an unprecedented period in ...

ROME - Rain poured down on the colonnaded square outside, but inside St. Peter's Basilica, solemnity and good cheer reigned as Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl and 23 other men were called to ...

Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he will ask Pope Francis directly to accept his resignation after a sweeping jury report accused him of allowing priests accused of sexually abusing children to be ...

As the embattled archbishop of Washington asked parishioners attending a Sunday morning service to keep Pope Francis in their prayers, a man stood and yelled "Shame on you" before storming out.

The demands that Cardinal Donald Wuerl be dismissed as archbishop of Washington and resign from the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals are proportionate in their degree of outrage with their ...

The cardinal is among several U.S. Catholic leaders implicated in the growing sex abuse scandal enveloping the church. This month, Wuerl’s name appeared in a Pennsylvania grand jury report, which ...

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., stood accused of being complicit in covering up years of sexual abuse by priests. NPR talks... Pope Francis Accepts Cardinal Wuerl's Resignation ...