The lawsuit would force church officials to release the names of alleged abusers in dioceses across the state.
The move proposed by conservatives in El Salvador's parliament has outraged the families of victims and leaders in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church's youth rally has drawn 200,000 pilgrims from around the world to Panama City.
Tom Emens couldn't hold his abuser accountable, so he's taking his fight to the entire state.
A new report identifies 212 priests accused of sexual abuse in the Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose dioceses.
In a new essay, the pope calls for intensified regulation of the "sophisticated technologies" of financial markets.
Unlike many films about reporters, Spotlight accurately depicts the frustrations and joys of breaking a big story, from the drudgery of spreadsheets to the electric thrill of revelatory interviews.
The importance of churches across much of sub-Saharan Africa as sites of social gathering, public service provision, and ideational leadership cannot be underestimated.
Many say getting arrested, and then helping those in prison, is part of the point.
What Pope Francis’ off-the-cuff comments about punching the murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonists can tell us about the long history of the Catholic Church's relationship with secularism.
The most important thing about Pope Francis: He’s blowing up the Catholic Church’s bridge back to medieval pomp, purity, and authority.
The Catholic Church changes its teachings all the time.