Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the outrage over the scandal here that has devastated the church’s credibility.
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Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru.
Few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian, according to a new survey conducted Sept. 12-16 by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.
With the high-stakes 2024 presidential election looming, alumni and former faculty of Wheaton College are playing an outsized role in the race.
For decades the bells at All Saints Episcopal Church in Western Springs signaled kids it was time for lunch or dinner, until last year.
Four years and a handful of hospitalizations later (for intestinal and pulmonary problems), Pope Francis finally pulled off an 11-day trip through Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.
In the wake of a federal complaint, the school will overhaul its anti-discrimination policies and work with Jewish groups.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has put a priest who served two parishes in the north suburbs and in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on leave after the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services opened a probe into allegations that he abused children.
Pope Francis is opening his visit to Indonesia with a packed first day Wednesday, meeting political and religious leaders and setting a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropical Asia and Oceania that will test his stamina and health.