Retired Louisiana Priest Pleads Guilty to Rape and Kidnapping Charges
Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday ...
Plaintiff dismisses sex abuse claim believed to be against Kansas City deacon
Kansas City church officials said Tuesday that the deacon, Ralph Wehner, remains suspended from ministry amid an ...
Vatican calls Arlington monastery ‘extinct’ following nuns’ dismissal from religious life
The Vatican says it no longer recognizes an Arlington monastery at the center of a fiery dispute with the Fort Worth bishop.
Richard Homan, Washington Post journalist, dies at 88
Richard L. Homan, a Washington Post journalist for 37 years who distinguished himself covering Maryland politics and later ...
Venezuelan migrants keep arriving in Colombia. These faith leaders offer them a home away from home
Colombia hosts the largest population of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, where more than 7.7 million have left since ...
Diocese of Rockville Centre clergy sex abuse bankruptcy settlement: Parishes across Long Island set to make payments
The settlement stemmed from the 2019 New York State Child Victims Act, which temporarily allowed sex abuse survivors to file ...
Vatican says Arlington monastery is ‘extinct’ after nuns were dismissed from religious life
The Vatican issued the statement on Thursday, Nov. 28, a month after the nuns were dismissed from religious life because they ...
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Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining
The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked President Nayib Bukele not to repeal the 2017 law that prohibits the mining of ...
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Catholic women urged to 'strike' over inequality in the church
In response to the synod on synodality's punting on issues of women's leadership, the Women's Ordination Conference is ...
Msgr. Raymond Balta, retired pastor at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, dies suddenly
One of the Johnstown region’s most well-known religious leaders died Sunday. Msgr. Raymond Balta, who was ordained a priest on June 22, 1969, served as pastor at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in ...
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As Catholic faith ebbs in Spain, missionary priests come to the rescue
Spain exported Christianity across the world through missionary expeditions, but as the religion dwindles across Europe, ...
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U.S. Bishops Launch Giving Tuesday Campaign to Support the Church’s Global Mission
According to its website, the first #iGiveCatholic on Giving Tuesday was held in 2015 in New Orleans by Archbishop Aymond, ...