Edwin O’Brien, Roger Mahony, Adam Maida, Seán Patrick O’Malley, Justin Rigali, James Francis Stafford, Donald Wuerl.

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

Edwin O’Brien, Roger Mahony, Adam Maida, Seán Patrick O’Malley, Justin Rigali, James Francis Stafford, Donald Wuerl.

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Among his list were also two Americans: Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley and Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke. For O'Malley, the 80-year-old former archbishop of Boston, his age would likely be a factor ...

Seán Patrick O'Malley, Justin Rigali, James Francis Stafford, Donald Wuerl. This combination of photos shows U.S. Catholic Cardinals, top row from left, Raymond Burke, Blase Cupich, Daniel ...

Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, the 80-year-old former archbishop of Boston, was the only other American on Pentin’s list at the time. But his age would likely be a factor that complicates his ...

WASHINGTON — As cardinals begin a conclave to elect the next pope, some are wondering if they could put forward the first American to hold the highest position in the Catholic church. The ...