Yet five years later, despite new church laws to hold bishops accountable and promises to do better, the Catholic Church’s in-house legal system and pastoral response to victims has proven ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closes Saturday with recommendations that are expected to fall far short of hopes that women would be given more equity but ...

A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday, falling far short of hopes that women would be given more equity.

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

The Episcopal Church and the family of a bishop suspended over credible abuse allegations have agreed to a resolution over concerns that the family had about the disciplinary process.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the ...

Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church might become harmfully “ideological.” ...