Last week the organizing committee of a high-stakes anti-abuse summit next month met to outline the schedule of the gathering, which will include both a penitential liturgy, and testimonies from...

A German prelate widely considered to be one of Pope Francis’s closest allies has said the current clerical abuse crisis is being used by papal opponents as a platform to expel Francis from the...

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Pope Francis in a letter to his top body on life issues said the world must recover its sense of humanity in the face of global challenges such as war, conflict and a loss of human dignity and rights.

The editor of a Vatican magazine on women has warned that women and sex abuse will dog Pope Francis until the problems are solved.