Catholic priest, 60, burns to death after spark ignites his robes during blessing of the fire ceremony Father Javier Sánchez was engulfed in flames amid a candle-lighting ceremony ...

A crazed man waltzed into a Queens church and destroyed a framed photo of Pope Francis — before spreading paint thinner on the basement floor and dressing up in a priest’s robe, the diocese ...

Kansas Catholic priest dies after being shot at his church's rectory. Father Brian Schieber, a Vicar General at the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, reacts to the killing of Father Arul Carasala.

The murder of a Kansas Catholic priest at his church’s rectory was carried out "intentionally and with premeditation," a prosecutor said. Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, remains in ...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a Catholic priest at a church rectory in northeast Kansas, local police and church leaders said.. Raj B. "Arul ...