Head of U.S. bishops hails new pope as unifying figure

WASHINGTON — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, congratulated the newly elected pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who took the name Francis.

 

Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service is a news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that reports on Vatican news. Global and national news is provided by OSV News.

Latest from News

Requiem

A Mozart Requiem Service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at the Cathedral…

Spaghetti dinner

The Knights of Columbus will host a spaghetti dinner from 4-7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, at…