The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be ...

He was relieved after thousands of confidential church files showed he worked behind the scenes to shield many pedophile priests and protect the church from scandal. In a statement Thursday night ...

"As priests, we often bless caskets at funerals — but to bless the mortal remains of the Roman Pontiff, the Successor of Peter, was an overwhelming and humbling experience," Duffy said.

Hamm following the execution. Osgood’s body will undergo a postmortem examination by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Mobile, after being released to the Escambia County Coroner. This ...

Barely 24 hours after his abduction on Thursday, a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos, has regained his freedom from abductors in Kaduna State. The Chancellor, Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan ...

Two priests who happened to be on holiday in Rome at the time of Pope Francis' death have said they will be representing the West Midlands "in spirit" when they attend his funeral on Saturday.

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“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been vilified, Doino said, adding: “He will soon get due recognition ...

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his ...

In an exclusive interview with Maariv, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest and a professor at Georgetown University, discussed his urgent mission to document what he called the ...

Baah Acheamfour, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been awarded the 'Ghanaian of Conscience Award in Politics' by the Eminent African Global ...

A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos, has been abducted by bandits in Kurmin Risga, the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday ...