Pontiff meets with Americans
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop Thursday and authorized an investigation into allegations he sexually h...
DOUMA, Syria — Standing in line in the courtyard of their school in the capital Damascus, scores of Syrian girls in pink and blue uniforms saluted the flag and sang the ...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is starting to push back against Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, author of the bombshell accusation of sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis,...
Cardinal Wuerl issues statement
VATICAN CITY — The archbishop of Washington on Monday “categorically denied” ever being informed that Pope Benedict XVI had sanctioned his...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis vowed Monday that “no effort must be spared” to root out priestly sex abuse and cover-up from the Catholic Church, but gave no indication tha...
National day of mourning, state funeral scheduled
GENOA, Italy — With anger and grief, Italians began burying some of their dead Friday from the Genoa highway bridge coll...
FRANKFURT, Germany — Greece officially completes its bailout program on Monday, after eight years of cutbacks enforced in return for massive loans and following an econo...
Abuse report evokes 'shame'
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” Thursday over a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and mol...
China's Christians face test of faith
NANYANG, China — The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church co...
Renewed sanctions felt
TEHRAN, Iran — As Iranians awoke Tuesday to renewed U.S. sanctions that had been lifted by Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, the question on...
