Former Vatican official urges Pope Francis to implement global zero-tolerance law for clergy abuse, calling for a fundamental ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse have urged the Vatican to expand the zero-tolerance policy it approved for the US Catholic Church in 2002 to the rest of the world, arguing that children everywhere ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging the Vatican to adopt the same zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the U.S.

Here are three things to know about the historical, architectural, and spiritual significance of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter ...

Vincenzo Randazzo wasn’t 100 percent sure how this stop was going to work out. It was June, and he was on a bus with 20-some college students winding along the rugged hillsides between Rome and Naples ...

A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to charity becomes an ...

Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

The proposal follows a June meeting in Rome between survivors and top Catholic ... yet some church leaders remain hesitant.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...

The change comes as the Catholic Church revised the rules governing the 1962 ... from the Holy See and aim to ensure public ...

Pope Francis has called for an investigation into whether or not Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, according to excerpts from a new book. In the extract, which was published in La Stampa, the ...