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 ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost ...

WASHINGTON -- Washington's Catholic Archbishop is out. The Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl. He's another casualty of the clergy sex abuse scandal that's rocked the church.

As the embattled Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, addressed the Catholic Church’s clergy sexual abuse scandal on Sunday, one Catholic yelled “Shame on you!” while another turned her ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Archbishop of Washington told priests Tuesday that he intends to meet with Pope Francis soon to discuss his resignation from office. In a letter sent to priests of the ...

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 ...