Roman Catholic Church

Pope Francis expresses ‘shame’ over French Church sex abuse scandal, urges clergy to ensure situations 'not repeated'

The pope spoke during his regular audience at the Vatican about a report released Tuesday that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures dating back to 1950.

French report finds 3,30,000 children were sex abuse victims in Catholic Church

The 2,500-page document prepared by an independent commission comes as the Catholic Church in France, like in other countries, seeks to face up to shameful secrets that were long covered up.

Vatican rejects Sister Lucy's third appeal against expulsion from congregation for failing to 'explain her lifestyle'

Sister Lucy said she had no information about her appeal being taken up for trial, and that the move amounted to injustice and was against the truth.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, restorers in Florence's Medici Chapel unleash grime-eating bacteria to clean Michelangelo's sculptures

Last fall, with the chapel operating on reduced hours because of COVID-19, scientists and restorers completed a secret experiment: They unleashed grime-eating bacteria on the artist’s masterpiece marbles.

‘Fat and happy’ with a conservative US Supreme Court, are Republicans losing a winning issue?

Without the specter of a liberal court to motivate conservative voters anymore, they may find themselves without the issue that played a crucial role in Trump’s unexpected victory four years ago and has fortified his political base throughout a tumultuous first term

Kerala court stays expulsion of Sister Lucy Kalappura till 1 Jan; nun was dismissed for joining protest against rape-accused Franco Mulakkal

Sister Lucy Kalappura had published poems, purchased a car and taken part in a street protest by five nuns of the Catholic religious order Missionaries of Jesus, against a former bishop of Jalandhar dioecese

Sister Lucy Kalappura writes to Vatican, claims disciplinary action taken for participating in protests seeking arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal

She alleged 'disciplinary action' was taken for participating in protests by a group of nuns seeking arrest of a bishop accused of raping a fellow nun

Former pope Benedict XVI blames Catholic church's sex abuse crisis on 1960s revolution, collapse of 'faith'

The ex-pontiff Benedict XVI who retired in 2013 and chose to be known thereafter as pope emeritus, said responsibility for the crises rocking the Roman Catholic Church globally from Australia to Europe lay with the fight for an all-out sexual freedom, one which no longer admitted any norms.

Two blasts at cathedral kill 27 in southern Philippines; targeted Jola island church hit by bombs in the past

Two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 50 during a Sunday Mass, officials said.

Pope Francis says gay people should not join clergy, calls homosexuality a 'serious issue'

The Roman Catholic Church's position is that homosexual acts are sinful and Pope Francis' stance on homosexuality in the clergy is not new.