James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in ...

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Four priests who served in Chuuk and Pohnpei in the 1950s to as late as the 1990s are on a recently released list of Jesuit priests who have had "credible claims of sexual abuse of minors." ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing so in past years has some worried.

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

Two years ago Pope Francis chose Prevost to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, handing ...

The Rev. Hans Zollner, a Jesuit, served on the ... Bishop Accountability released a list of “ten actions for the new pope” on Tuesday (May 6), which include removing at least 10 bishops who “protect ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu poses for photographers at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2019. [AP/YONHAP] Cardinal Matteo Zuppi poses for photographers at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2019. [AP/YONHAP] Telegram ...

From the Russia-Ukraine conflict to relations with America, China, and the Middle East. Pope Francis leaves a heavy legacy for the cardinals who will elect his successor.