Roman Catholic Church

Latest Stories

Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s cover-up crisis turns battle lines into first salvo

By BY NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis leaves after his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Pope Francis lamented Wednesday how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after bombshell accusations that he himself covered up for an American cardinal's misdeeds. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Reeling Catholic Church must give full accounting of its sins

By Matt Mackowiak

Illustration of Pope Francis by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

Should the pope resign?

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis reaches out to hug Cardinal Archbishop emeritus Theodore McCarrick after the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)

Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

People wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in front of the Knock Shrine, in Knock, Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Pope Francis is on a two-day visit to Ireland. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Pope apologizes for ‘crimes’ against Irish women, babies

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO - Associated Press

Illinois attorney general to meet church officials on abuse

Associated Press

Priest urges Vatican family conference to welcome gays

By NICOLE WINFIELD and LEO ENRIGHT - Associated Press

A newly unveiled wax work of Pope Francis is carried at the National Wax Museum Plus where they also unveiled a newly refurbished original 1979 Pope Mobile ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Ireland, in Dublin, Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. (Brian Lawless/ PA via AP)

Irish church’s fall from grace haunts pope’s Ireland trip

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 21, 2014 file photo, nuns look up at Pope Francis delivering his blessing during the Regina Coeli prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Advocates of women's ordination as Roman Catholic priests are citing the church's unfolding sex abuse scandals in mid-2018 as powerful arguments for their cause, while acknowledging, as they do so, the high unlikelihood of achieving their goal any time soon. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Women as priests? Some say it’s time but admit it’s unlikely

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Prosecutor’s death penalty stance offends Vatican official

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 18, 2005 file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Allegations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick engaged in sex with adult seminarians have inflamed a long-running debate about the presence of gay men in the Roman Catholic priesthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Cardinal McCarrick scandal inflames debate over gay priests

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Former priest James Faluszczak, who says he was molested by a priest as a teenager, reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Catholics consider withholding donations amid abuse scandals

By IVAN MORENO and JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

Texas priest disappears amid molestation allegations

Associated Press

In this June 5, 2008, photo the Rev. Edmundo Paredes prepares for communion at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Dallas. Paredes, a Texas priest who’s been accused of molesting teens and stealing from his parish, has gone missing. The Dallas Morning news reports that St. Cecilia Catholic Church officials believe Paredes may have fled to his native country of the Philippines. (Juan Garcia/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Edmundo Paredes, priest of St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Dallas, missing amid sex abuse allegations

The Washington Times

FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo a member of the clergy prays the rosary as he waits for Pope Francis to arrive at St. Patrick's Cathedral for evening prayer service in New York. Across the U.S., Catholics once faithful with their financial support to their churches are searching for ways to respond to the constant sex-abuse scandals that have tarnished the institution in which they believe, with back-to-back scandals in the past two months. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals

By IVAN MORENO and JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 file photo, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, enters in procession to St. Mathews Cathedral before the Red Mass in Washington. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, a Pennsylvania grand jury accused Cardinal Wuerl of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh's bishop. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sex scandals fester at unhealthy organizations, experts say

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

Key dates in the Pennsylvania church abuse scandal

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A man leaves the headquarters of the Catholic Church’s Episcopal Conference after authorities raided the building in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Police raided the place as part of a widespread investigation into sex abuse committed by members of the Marist Brothers order in the South American country, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chile authorities raid Episcopal Conference in abuse probe

By EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington shaking hands with churchgoers at St. Mathews Cathedral after the Red Mass in Washington on Oct. 1, 2017. In 1993, Cardinal Wuerl, then bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, coined the term "circle of secrecy" to describe the methods in place to protect accused members of the church, according to the report. (Associated Press)

Donald Wuerl, Vatican covered up Catholic Church priest sex abuse, grand jury report reveals

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Knights of Columbus Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How the Knights of Columbus put faith and charity into action for 130 years

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer