ROME (AP) — A Togolese nun has successfully defended a first-ever dissertation at a Vatican-sanctioned university on the sexual abuse of nuns by priests in the latest evidence of a problem confronting ...

Bishop Michael Olson (top right) delivers his homily during mass. The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth started in-person mass this weekend while enforcing social distancing requirements during the ...

ROME (AP) — Armed groups on Saturday abducted two Italian priests and a Canadian nun working as missionaries in northern Cameroon, Italy’s government and Catholic church officials said. U.S. Air Force ...

A Catholic priest accused of violating his vow of chastity with an Arlington nun, sparking a monthslong feud that rocked the Fort Worth diocese, has retired. Pictured, Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson ...

Works by Marko Rupnik adorn many of the Catholic Church's most important buildings, including the Vatican itself - YOUTUBE A high-profile Catholic priest forced nuns to watch porn and take part in ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Kidnappings by criminal gangs have continued to terrorize the country's residents, not least Catholic priests and other missionaries. In 2024 alone, at least 14 priests and ...

Two of six Catholic nuns who were kidnapped by gangs drive to hospital the day after being released in Haiti Jan. 25, 2024. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Despite the Jan. 24 ...

Eleven out of India’s 28 states have passed laws to criminalize forced conversions but, in practice, they have been used to prevent the practice of the Christian faith. Father Dominic Pinto of the ...

A Margate man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for bilking about 50 people out of more than $1.3 million — including a nun and two priests. Adriano Sotomayor, 55, is “a ruthless con man” who — ...