Tag: Pope Francis

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court found Cardinal George Pell guilty on five charges related to the sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys; sentencing...

VATICAN CITY -- The long-awaited "Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church," nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering...

VATICAN CITY -- While the four-day Vatican summit on the protection of minors has ended, the work to ensure that laws and concrete actions...

VATICAN CITY — The abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is a call for bishops to unmask the deep-seated clericalism that placed protection of...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Borys Gudziak of the Paris-based Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Volodymyr the Great, to be the seventh...

VATICAN CITY -- When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, "whether it's criminal or malicious complicity and a...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. The...

VATICAN CITY — The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, told Pope Francis that a “human voice” was needed to speak up in the world...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 71, the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, to...

ROME — Sustainable development in rural areas is key to making poverty and hunger a thing of the past, Pope Francis said. In an address...