Following the publication of a blistering report detailing decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, the Vatican has voiced shame and has sent a message to victims, saying Pope...
After months of leaving the “sostituto,” or deputy, post at the Vatican Secretariat of State vacant, Pope Francis Wednesday tapped Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra for the position – a...
After a major bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, killing 38 and leaving many others wounded or missing, Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims and all those effected by the disaster...
Pope Francis is traveling to Ireland specifically for the World Meeting of Families, but the sex abuse crisis is dominating headlines before his Aug. 25-26 trip.
Crux interviews Barbara Jatta, Director of the Vatican Museums and, depending on how one evaluates such things, arguably the highest-ranking woman in the Vatican.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) -- At an Aug. 17 news conference, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, said that in response to the release of the grand jury report...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By CHICAGO (CNS) -- "Sorrow, disgust, outrage -- these are righteous feelings" for all to have in reaction to the latest abuse scandal in the Catholic Church...
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests said its members are "sad ... angry ... frustrated" over continued reports involving fellow priests and a...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an Aug. 16 interview with Eternal Word Television Network, Erie Bishop Lawrence T. Persico said the only way to regain the trust...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters By Steve Larkin WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A U.S. Commerce Department decision that a question about citizenship status be included on the 2020 census has its...
By Justin McClain | As a frequent writer, I get to interact with various faithful Catholic publishing agencies at different levels — as an author, consultant, book reviewer, and in other realms...
By Jimmy Akin | In 1546, the Council of Trent issued a decree which prohibited people from interpreting Scripture “contrary to the unanimous consent of the Fathers.” The meaning and significance of...
By By Ed Condon/CNA/EWTN News | PHILADELPHIA — Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Senior of Philadelphia, has announced that the archdiocese is investigating a claim of sexual harassment made by a...
By CNA/EWTN News | WASHINGTON — After a grand jury found thousands of alleged instances of sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Catholic dioceses, numerous U.S. bishops have called for renewal and...
By Robert Brennan | Watching the first interview Cardinal Donald Wuerl recently gave to a TV news outlet made me think of a lot of things — a shepherd standing before his flock, staff in hand, being..