ROME -- Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault ...

While some victims have praised the commission's efforts, it has also been roiled by the resignations of several of its ...

Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders to the world’s Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new chief to spearhead the routing of sexual abuse among members of the Catholic clergy. French Archbishop Thibault Verny will serve as president of the Pontifical ...

Pope Leo XIV named the French archbishop Thibault Verny as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed French Archbishop Thibault Verny as the Vatican's new abuse commissioner. The 59-year-old replaces ...

Leo will disappear further this weekend when he begins a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of 76. The 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, he is the first Jesuit and the first to take the ...