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Archbishop designated by Pope Francis to the Archdiocese of Washington, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory speaks during a news conference at Washington Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Hyattsville, Md., Thursday, April 4, 2019. Archbishop-designate Gregory will succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Wilton Gregory installed as new archbishop of Washington

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Illustration on Pope Francis at a time of church crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pope Francis must acknowledge that he presides over Catholic Church in a time of unparalleled crisis

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, Archbishop Donald Wuerl prays as he celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Days after Washington’s archbishop resigned over his handling of sexual abuse allegations, the Archdiocese of Washington has released the names of more than two dozen clergy members it says have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Archdiocese releases names of ‘credibly’ accused clergy

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

FILE — In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 file photo Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, stands in the doorway of the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Washington. Pope Francis has accepted Friday Oct. 12, 2108 the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

D.C. Catholics grapple with Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation

By Julia Airey - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 file photo Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, stands in the doorway of the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Washington. Pope Francis has accepted Friday Oct. 12, 2108 the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Pennsylvania AG: Cardinal faces no penalties by resigning

By CLAUDIA LAUER and NICOLE WINFIELD and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference aboard of the flight to Rome at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope’s alleged cover-up pivots on when, if sanctions imposed

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Paint covers the name of Cardinal Wuerl at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Cranberry Township, Pa. Wuerl, a Roman Catholic Cardinal, and the archbishop of Washington, D.C., has come under fire from revelations in the Pennsylvania grand jury report about his actions while bishop of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Sign at high school named for Cardinal Wuerl is vandalized

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Archbishop Donald Wuerl talks with the media after Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, a Pennsylvania grand jury accused Cardinal Wuerl of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh's bishop. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Wuerl to meet priests over sex-abuse scandals

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, Archbishop Donald Wuerl talks with the media after Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington. On Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2018, a Pennsylvania grand jury accused Cardinal Wuerl of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh's bishop. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington cardinal entangled in two sex-abuse scandals

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this June 30, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, speaks while outlining the schedule for Pope Francis' September 2015 visit to Washington, during a news conference at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Wuerl wrote to priests to defend himself on the eve of the scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, release of a grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The Latest: Priest abuse report faults Cardinal Donald Wuerl

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, center, greets Pope Francis at the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via AP)

Pope Francis visit: Cardinal Donald Wuerl calls trip ‘a blessing to all of us’

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, file photo, Pope Francis waves as arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis, speaking Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, from Rome via satellite to people in three American cities, asked a teenage girl to sing for him as he sought prayers for his upcoming trip to the United States. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino/File) **FILE**

Cardinal Wuerl: Pope Francis to say Mass in Spanish in D.C. this month

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile during his visit to Scampia, suburb of Naples, Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2015. Pope Francis made an impassioned defense of the unemployed during a speech to people in the poor Neapolitan neighborhood of Scampia Saturday. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

Pope Francis’ U.S. itinerary: White House, Congress, cathedrals, charities — and a Philly prison

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times