The Archdiocese of Hartford reached a $2.4 million settlement with a man who says he was repeatedly sexually abused as a ...

Burton is pastor of St. John Bosco Catholic Church and School, administrator of both St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and School and St. Joseph Catholic Church, and serves as chaplain for Bishop ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations.

Some attorneys and advocates for sex abuse victims told Buffalo News reporter Dan Herbeck they think the Catholic Church has a much bigger problem than other religions; others disagreed.

Maurice Berry Jr., 22, said in trial that he reacted quickly and fired, but his bullets didn't hit the intended victim; they struck and killed a bystander.

The shift from "common law" marriages — where two people (or their families) simply declared they were married — to legal marriage began in the church, with the calling of "banns," or public ...