A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a highly secretive election called a conclave. Francis, 88, died on April 21. The ...

AARON WEINMANN/THE HOYA Robert Bennett (CAS ’61, LAW ’64), Karen Tumulty, John Carr, Dawn Eden Goldstein and Kevin Byrnes react to sexual abuse in the church. Catholic clergy cannot be trusted to ...

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...

Imagine that you are an organization that is obsessed with sex, and you have been for a long time, often in unhealthy ways. Now imagine that you are suddenly in a sex scandal on a global scale that ...

VATICAN CITY — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to ...

(RNS) — ‘Francis-aligned’ bishops are following the late pope’s lead in stirring debate where politics and pastoral issues meet. WASHINGTON (RNS) — As the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill — the ...

Seven women announced Wednesday that they would seek leadership roles in the French Catholic Church that are officially reserved for men, the latest push to give women a place in the Church hierarchy.

In this April 23, 2002 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, waves as he arrives at the Vatican in a limousine. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced ...