Catholic Church

2020 Campaign 08/12/20, 19:45

When Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11, he had chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, he described Harris as a “fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants.” Not so, ...

U.S. 09/29/19, 10:09

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement of interest on Friday, Sept. 27, in support of a Roman Catholic archbishop’s decision that led to the firing of a gay, married teacher.  The Justice Department statement says the First Amendment gives ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 13:49

The Catholic bishop in Springfield, Illinois, banned Holy Communion to Catholic lawmakers who voted for an extreme abortion law that also repeals decades-old restrictions on abortions in Illinois. Bishop Thomas Paprocki issued the decree on June 2. Illinois House Speaker Mike ...

U.S. 05/20/19, 17:22

Catholic parishioners in Pennsylvania discovered Sunday that a vandal spray-painted their church with pro-abortion graffiti, sparking public outcry and a police investigation. The as yet unidentified culprit wrote, “You do not have the right to decide how others lives,” in black ...

Europe 05/17/19, 09:38

Contradicting claims by Poland's ruling party leader, the head of Poland's Catholic church says recent revelations about priests abusing minors are not attacks on the church but will help its cleansing. Poland's primate, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, was referring to a documentary ...

Europe 05/14/19, 07:55

Poland's prime minister is vowing tougher punishments for those who sexually abuse minors after a new film spurred the country into grappling with the problem of abuse by priests. The documentary "Tell No One" has triggered soul searching in the deeply ...

Asia & Pacific 04/30/19, 04:44

The checkpoints started just outside of an east Sri Lanka village, the strictest seen in the days after Islamic State-aligned militants launched suicide attacks that killed over 250 people.The trucks stopped first, soldiers digging through crates and produce. Buses disgorged ...

Europe 02/22/19, 02:24

A French Catholic Church official says the country's bishops have "agreed in principle" to provide financial compensation to sex abuse victims whose cases are too old to be taken to court. Vincent Neymon, the deputy general secretary of the French bishops' ...

World 02/21/19, 03:31

For centuries, the Vatican's canon law system busied itself with banning books and dispensing punishments that included burnings at the stake for heretics. These days, the Vatican office that eventually replaced the Roman Catholic Inquisition is knee-deep in processing clergy sex ...

Asia & Pacific 02/05/19, 02:05

In an earlier speech at an interfaith conference in the UAE, Pope Francis appealed to "human fraternity" as he called for an end to wars in the Middle East

U.S. 02/01/19, 02:40

Names go back to the 1940s, many are dead, it is unclear if any will face charges in court

U.S. 01/15/19, 20:51

Guam's Catholic Church has filed for bankruptcy, a move that will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of child sexual abuse lawsuits and enter settlement negotiations

World 01/02/19, 23:15

Two survivors' advocacy groups have sent an open letter to Pope Francis asking to be a part of a historic gathering that Catholic leader called for in February at the Vatican, to discuss the ongoing crisis roiling the church

U.S. 12/20/18, 00:21

Report says church did not carry out thorough investigations and tried to discredit victims