Maine’s highest court has ruled against a law that removed the statute of limitations for civil claims about child sexual abuse.

Pope Francis is moving the head of San Diego’s Roman Catholic Diocese to Washington, D.C., placing a prominent ally, as well as a supporter of migrant and LGBTQ communities, in the nation’s ...

This is Part 2 of a two-part story on the sexual abuse settlement in the Diocese of Rockville Centre ... "I have no relationship with the Roman Catholic Church," he said. The priest he said ...

MANILA, Philippines — Just a month after receiving his red hat from Pope Francis, Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has received his first major assignment to the Roman Curia: becoming one of the ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin ... 101 1291 A custom of the Roman Church facilitated the development of the Western practice: a double ...

And every single one of those heads of the Roman Catholic Church have been men ... Chronica universalis Mettensis (a chronicle of the Diocese of Metz, France) by Jean de Mailly and De septem donis ...

The ruling essentially overturns a law passed in 2021 that allowed Mainers to sue over sexual abuse that happened when they ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

A pioneering probe into clerical abuse in northern Italy’s Bolzano-Bressanone Diocese has uncovered 67 cases involving 59 victims over a nearly 60-year period, according to a study released Monday.

The yearlong celebration is filled with events and activities centered on seeking forgiveness. In early January, Catholic ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Having led the San Diego diocese since 2015 ... the U.S.’s first Black Catholic cardinal, whose resignation has been accepted by the pope two years past the traditional ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Roman Pipko will serve as the US ambassador to Estonia in his second administration. Pipko, a native of Estonia with extensive international experience ...