The ever-expanding protests over the epidemic of police violence and systemic racism in the United States, manifested most recently in the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, ...

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has said everyone must cooperate fully with the new Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that proper reparation and outreach is ...

A Catholic archbishop said on Sunday that religious orders should not be scapegoated for the failures exposed by a report on Ireland's mother-and-baby homes. Archbishop Eamon Martin made the comment ...

Many Catholics are rightly angry about the latest revelations of clergy sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, and diocesan cover-ups. Obviously, the worst part is the suffering of the victims. Any kind of ...

Once the Vatican releases the McCarrick report, the church must listen to the reaction to it in a "spirit of humility" and must seek to "make reparation, learn and keep moving forward in a new way," ...

The Catholic Church in Benue state has demanded for reparation for the destruction of its schools and hospitals by armed herdsmen who have been attacking parts of the state. The Bishop of Makurdi ...

GUILFORD, Conn. — When the Archdiocese of Hartford released a list this year identifying 48 priests accused of sexual abuse, five of them had served at the same church: St. George’s, in the small ...

The Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal has reached such a fever pitch that its top officials are now compelled to act. Last week, Pope Francis expelled a priest and accepted the resignation of two ...

Some in the large congregation were deeply hurt. Some fumed, saying they held onto Catholic teachings, but saw their faith in the men leading the church disintegrating amid a cascade of allegations.