Massimo Faggioli One of the most important news reports in the global and “ecumenical” history of the church abuse crisis received little...

Former Prime Minster Julia Gillard has drawn attention to the inexplicable finding by the High Court that priests are not employed by the...

Roy Bourgeois "There is neither male nor female. In Christ you are one" (Galatians 3:28). While in the military, I felt called by God to...

Christopher Knaus The Catholic church has won a landmark case limiting its liability for the abuse of children by priests not under its...

In earlier times it used to be more straightforward: archbishops of Canterbury such as Thomas Becket and William Laud used to get it in...

By Crux Staff ROME – In a decision confirmed by Pope Francis and thus without the possibility of appeal, the Vatican has found an...

By Elisabetta Povoledo A monthlong meeting of Catholic bishops and lay people at the Vatican ended on Saturday with a call for women to...

Cindy Wooden Vatican City — October 24, 2024 Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women's leadership...

By Thomas B. Edsall In the world of political fund-raising, there is hard money, soft money, dark money — and Leonard Leo money....

BY TOM ROBERTS January 8, 2024 Well before it was nearly irremediably compromised by the ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal, the...

By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli VATICAN CITY — Days before the start of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s,...

​Pope Francis told members of the synod on synodality that they should respect and honor the faith of all baptized Catholics, including...

IN 1992, AFTER Sinéad O’Connor ripped apart a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of the Catholic church...

The Archdiocese of Seattle purchased this $2.4 million house in the Mount Baker neighborhood as a residence for Archbishop Paul Etienne. (Da

November 28, 2022 Dennis Brown ND Experts Daniel Philpott A group composed of scholars, psychologists, clergy, restorative justice...

‘I am a pastor not a prince’ declining to live in the bishop’s mansion on First Hill, Seattle

Even this supremely good man has so far failed to tackle the church’s most urgent moral task.

The Archdiocese of St. John’s faces a staggering bill — one that could top $50 million — to compensate survivors of sexual abuse at the...