Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 92, charged with sexual assault over alleged 1977 incident
McCarrick was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after evidence suggested he abused multiple people, including children, for decades.
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McCarrick was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after evidence suggested he abused multiple people, including children, for decades.
The Catholic leader spoke about laws discriminating against LGBTQ people, his health and his predecessor in a wide-ranging interview with the AP.
James T. Beighlie, 72, had 6,000 pictures of child sexual abuse material on a computer, officials said.
Never in the history of the Catholic Church had a pope conducted a funeral ceremony for his predecessor, until now.
Looking fit and trim, Archbishop Thomas Wenski was recently honored with a Mass celebrating his 25th Anniversary as a Bishop.
The Archdiocese of Miami said one of their priests has fathered a child.
Catholic Church leaders are telling parishioners that the newly approved Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is "morally compromised," because it is linked to cells obtained from aborted fetal tissue.
A driver plowed into a Catholic Church in Ocala and then set it on fire as parishioners prepared for Mass Saturday, but no one was hurt, authorities said. A potential suspect is in custody.
Cuba's first Catholic Church since the revolution opened its doors over the weekend.
There's a new Roman Catholic church in Cuba but what makes this one so special is that it is the first new Roman Catholic church to be completed in Cuba since the country's 1959 socialist revolution.
Three Jesuit priests with ties to a Downtown Miami church have "credible sex abuse allegations involving minors or a vulnerable adult" raised against them.
Pope Francis has been dealing with perhaps the biggest crises of his papacy.
The archbishop of Washington, D.C. plans to go to Rome in the near future to discuss his potential resignation with Pope Francis.
Pope Francis has summoned top Catholic officials to discuss the escalating sexual abuse scandal that has plagued the church.
Dozens of parishioners are coming to the defense of a South Florida priest who resigned while facing a disturbing accusation.
Pope Francis has acknowledged "with shame and repentance" the Catholic Church's failure to act on allegations of sexual abuse by clerics against minors going back decades.
The investigation of six of Pennsylvania's eight dioceses is the most extensive investigation of Catholic clergy abuse by any state.
An Indiana catholic school guidance counselor may lose her job of 15 years after officials learned she was married to another woman.
A major change to the Catholic Church's teaching on the death penalty was announced by the Vatican on Thursday.
The US Conference of Bishops met in Fort Lauderdale and took aim at the Trump Administration's policies on immigration.
The top leaders of the Catholic Church are in Fort Lauderdale this week.
The Bishops said that the Trump Administration's policy of separating parents from their children at the US Mexico border needs to stop.
A recent letter from the Vatican reminded Catholic Bishops that the unleavened bread used in communion cannot be gluten-free.
A top Vatican official and the Pope's chief financial advisor is taking a leave of absence after Australia police charged him with multiple counts of 'historical' sexual assault.
Sacrifice must be done out of authentic love, not to satisfy one's conscience, the pontiff tells the faithful at the start of Lent
