Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who is preparing to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.

Less than a week after he shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vice President JD Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church.

Pope Francis says Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace.”.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base.