Since allegations of abuse against Father Rupnik first became public in 2018, several Church leaders and Catholic groups ...

In the old days, the Catholic Church was almighty and the cardinal was closer to king. The sexual abuse scandal and church's rigidity on social issues changed that.

Cardinal Protase Rugambwa took possession of his titular church, Santa Maria in Montesanto — one of the twin churches that sits in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo — on Sunday. The Rite of ...

Their exact title is cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Gathered in the College of Cardinals, presided over by a dean -- currently the 91-year-old Italian Giovanni Battista Re -- they form the top ...

His age could also be a factor — at 69 some may consider him too young to hold the church's highest office. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, Italy .

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 10, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

Advocates for victims of church abuse have hit out after it emerged a disgraced U.S. cardinal is to help close and seal Pope Francis’ casket ahead of his funeral Saturday.. Cardinal Roger Mahony ...

My painting began to take on a purpose and the quality of my art improved. I gifted many pieces of art, but in return the paintings saved me from depression and loneliness.” Since February, the ...

Cardinal Ambongo said that without the church, "there would be no life, no hope and no future" in several places in Africa that experience "absence of State provision." The church, the leading African ...

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