(3) When sung by a priest without deacon and sub-deacon ... a long white garment to signify innocence; 3.The Cincture, a cord about the waist, to signify chastity; 4.The Maniple or hanging ...

A former priest with a child molestation conviction who was stripped of his American citizenship has been sentenced to a year in prison, authorities said Thursday. Antonio Velez-Lopez, a 69-year ...

Father Marcelino de Andrés Núñez, a priest of the Legionaries of Christ and former secretary of Marcial Maciel, was arrested in Spain and released subject to restrictions, accused of abusing ...

A Greek Orthodox priest who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from his church to fuel a gambling addiction had his sentencing in front of a judge this week. Dozens of his family ...

A Roman Catholic priest was killed inside a church in conflict-torn Myanmar by about a dozen anti-junta rebels. Reverend Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, 44, was attacked on 14 February with a knife by ...

Two women who witnessed the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win in Myanmar last week recounted how the priest “fearlessly confronted” the armed men who took his life. In a statement to ...

Gerald Ridsdale, who was convicted of abusing more than 70 children over three decades as a parish priest in Victoria’s west, died shortly before 10am on Tuesday. The 90-year-old was at the ...

A former Manchester United star-turned-priest says there are more similarities between playing football and monastic life than first meets the eye. Philip Mulryne, 47, came through United's ...

A senior Catholic Bishop has apologised to the alleged victims of a deceased parish priest. In a statement, the Bishop of Down and Connor, Alan McGuckian, said that his diocese had received ...

Gerald Ridsdale has died in a Melbourne prison, with a lawyer who fought for his victim-survivors saying the impact of the pedophile priest’s crimes “cannot be fathomed”. Several sources ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis remains in the hospital this week, with a respiratory tract infection that doctors are describing as a "complex clinical situation." Despite this, the pontiff has kept ...

Eric Priest, a legend from the Chicago wrestling circuit who is a former AAW Heavyweight Champion, has sadly passed away. On Twitter, AAW Wrestling shared the unfortunate news. Mustafa Ali, who is ...