Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms ... to the very highest levels of the Catholic Church. He was accused, at first, of being insensitive in his slow response to the crisis.

Two years previous, Pope Francis once again found himself at the center of ... Soldiers seized the pair in 1976, and Orlando said guards accused him of being a guerrilla and "having sexual ...

The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests claims Pope Leo XIV mishandled two different cases of sexual abuse by ...

Italian prelate Matteo Zuppi is pro-LGBTQ and made headlines when he was accused of holding ... conclave will gather again in actuality as the Vatican revealed that Pope Francis, 88, the leader ...

His tenure as rector was again divisive, with critics accusing ... former nuncio to the United States, accused Pope Francis of negligence in handling allegations of sexual misconduct involving ...

Pope Francis died on Monday morning, the Vatican announced. He was 88. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican Camerlengo, announced the news in a video message on the Vatican’s TV channel, saying ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin ... Public concern over Francis’ health bubbled up again in November 2023, when he excused himself from reading prepared remarks at a meeting with ...

But he was dogged by some high-profile cases where he seemed to side with accused priests. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI resigned in the first such papal retirement in 600 years, and Francis was ...

The conservative-progressive gap became a chasm after Francis, from Argentina, was elected the first non-European pope in 1,300 years ... who was accused of embezzlement and nepotism and was ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed bitterly with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman ...

Leaders from around New England reacted to the news of the death of Pope Francis with sadness ... In 2019, Francis wrote that the names of accused priests should not be published until they ...

A traditionalist, Strickland accused the pope of undermining the Catholic ... In a follow-up to “Laudato Si” published in 2023, Francis again implored the world to take action.