The Catholic Church says a missing Mexican bishop has been found and is hospitalized
The Catholic Church says a missing Mexican bishop has been found and is hospitalized
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Catholic Church calls for the release of a missing bishop who mediated among cartels in a conflictive Mexican state
Catholic Church calls for the release of a missing bishop who mediated among cartels in a conflictive Mexican state
Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land
Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that companies linked to a powerful South American church group have tried to evict them from their land using lawsuits and obscure land titling schemes
Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order
The Holy See has formally protested to France after a French court ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun from a religious order
Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore
The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September
An Argentine judge recognizes gender abuse suffered for years by 20 nuns in a breakthrough ruling
An Argentine judge has ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in a conservative northern province
A Catholic activist in Belarus handed a 3-year sentence amid continuing crackdown
A Catholic activist in Belarus has been handed a three-year prison sentence on charges that Western diplomats have denounced as politically driven, the latest move in the authorities’ sweeping crackdown on the country’s civil society
Polish Catholics get a new leader as the church struggles to reckon with sexual abuse
The leaders of Poland's influential Catholic Church have chosen moderate Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda to be their new principal, at a time when the church is struggling to reckon with the abuse of minors by some Polish clergy
At least 15 Catholic worshippers killed in attack during a service in Burkina Faso
Catholic church officials in Burkina Faso say that at least 15 worshippers have been killed in a village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayers in the country’s conflict-hit northern region
The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know
The longtime prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive is spilling the beans for the first time
Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn't want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina's first female saint
A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in their evangelical mission throughout the South American country will become the first female saint from the home country of Pope Francis on Sunday
Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers has marched in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital, parading a centuries-old black statue of Jesus
Vatican: No heresy in allowing blessings for same-sex couples after bishops push back
The Vatican is insisting there is nothing heretical in the recent move by Pope Francis to allow priests to bless same-sex couples
After approving blessings for same-sex couples, Pope asks Vatican staff to avoid 'rigid ideologies'
Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality
Pope says priests can bless same-sex unions
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples
Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or people connected to the Catholic Church includes a survey that indicates the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands
Priest kicked out of Jesuits for alleged abuse of women welcomed into Slovenia diocese
A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia
Pope's big synod on church future produces first document, but differences remain over role of women
Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is heading into its final stretch
Vatican defends wartime Pope Pius XII as conference honors Israeli victims of Hamas incursion
The Vatican secretary of state has strongly defended World War II-era Pope Pius XII as a friend of the Jews
Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church's future and says 'everyone' is welcome
Pope Francis has opened a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church
Women's voices and votes loom large as pope opens Vatican meeting on church's future
Pope Francis this week will open a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople discussing the future of the church