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(CNN) � Pope Francis has apologized for using an anti-gay slur during a meeting with bishops.
(CNN) â€� Pope Francis allegedly told Italian bishops to not permit gay men to train for the priesthood, with two Italian newspapers claiming th…
(CNN) â€� A Florida priest is accused of biting a woman while giving out Communion during a Mass in St. Cloud in an alleged “attempt to defend t…
A local priest has been returned to public ministry after previously being put on administrative leave due to allegations of sexual misconduct, the Catholic Diocese of Evansville announced Friday.
Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN's partner channel CNN Portugal that he wa…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) � Poland’s Catholic Church authorities say that retired Bishop Edward Janiak has died at age 69. He had been punished by the Vatican for the alleged cover-up of sex abuse of minors by other priests. The Kalisz diocese where Janiak had served as bishop said he died Thursday. No cause or place
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) � A Catholic priest in Kentucky is set to be released from prison after serving nearly four years for sexual abuse that happened in the 1970s. R. Joseph Hemmerle testified at his 2016 trial in Meade County that he would sometimes apply calamine lotion to the genitals of children at a church
ROME (AP) � Pope Francis is urging European bishops to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider them partners in reforming the Catholic Church. Francis issued a videomessage to Central and Eastern European bishops who are gathering in Poland starting on Sunday for a four-day child protection conference. The location is significant, given around
CHICAGO (AP) � A suburban Chicago priest cleared last week of of allegations he sexually abused children 25 years ago is back under scrutiny because new information has become available. Cardinal Blase Cupich on Thursday wrote a letter to parishioners of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Lake Zurich saying the Rev. David Ryan