Catholic Church

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released on Tuesday a 696-page report that revealed how rampant child sex abuse was among Catholic clergy within the state: more than 450 clergyman abused over 1,900 children over a period of 90 years. More...

In interview to be broadcast on Disney+, he talks about masturbation, pornography and addiction

Shocking for “The sheer number of abusers and victims, the depravity of the abusers’ conduct"

Asking for forgiveness from “those he wronged” Benedict’s past decisions and actions come under scrutiny once again

Rumors swirled for decades, it was an open secret but the Church turned a blind eye

The sexual abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church, although mostly under the radar in the recent past, has not gone away. In California--and elsewhere--the lawsuits are mounting — middle-aged men, saying they were sexually assaulted as children by a Boy...

Family, not religion is at the heart of our ethnic definition

Pope Francis on Monday urged fraternal dialogue in politics, rather than hostile negotiations. "Politics is above all the art of meeting," Francis told the French ecumenical Chemin Neuf Community. "Certainly this meeting must be lived welcoming the other and accepting...

The Catholic Church does not refuse LGBT Catholics, Pope Francis said Monday. Answering three questions from Jesuit Father James Martin on LGBT Catholics and what he would say to one of them "who suffered a refusal by the Church", Francis...