On Friday, the country’s prime minister told the pope that the church had “severely damaged” the public’s trust after sexual ...

A new report details the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to “exert total control” over the Catholic Church and other ...

Pope Francis will open a month-long summit of global Catholic leaders on Wednesday but it is likely to defer any decision on ...

The Vatican announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, an institution whose ...

At a time like this, are words of hope simply naïve utterances that are in fact wholly lacking in substance? The answer to ...

It was the second time in as many weeks that Francis has been asked about his views on abortion, which remains a ...

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Pope Francis urged Catholic bishops to be more transparent and aggressive in combatting child sex abuse in the Church during ...

Calling on the world's bishops not to cover up any instance or form of abuse, Pope Francis said the evil of abuse must be ...

Every crisis, including what the Catholic Church can experience when people no longer care about religion or have distanced ...

Pope Francis also doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and praised Catholic abuse victims for their conduct.

"Today, words alone do not suffice. We also need concrete steps," De Croo told Francis and an audience of royals, church ...