The Roman Catholic Church failed to recognize the worldwide reach of clerical sexual abuse, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Saturday (May 3) at a press conference.“Many don’t see it as a problem of the universal church,” said O’Malley who heads the Vatican&

Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II as men of courage and mercy, who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions."They were prie

The news emerging from the Central African Republic remains deeply troubling. As the predominately Christian “anti-balaka” militias continue to harass Muslim communities around the country, there are signs that Seleka rebels, who are mostly Muslim, are attempting to regroup in the north.

Francis asks Brazilian bishop for concrete suggestions to deal with priest shortage.

American Bible Society's survey reveals “people of the book are not people of this book.”

The man who served as Blessed John Paul II's spokesman and media adviser told reporters that the late pope did not initially understand the gravity of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, but once he did he immediately took strong steps to deal with it.Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who served as papal spo