European Editor at Large Pope Francis, who died at 88 on Monday ... His critics, however, accused him of uttering fine words while continuing to preside over a hopelessly anachronistic institution ...

Again, we’re talking about ... and sexual predator, what he is accused of doing is too grotesque to describe. It is fair to say that Pope Francis did not handle the Rupnik case well at all, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME − Pope Francis has again used a highly disparaging word for gay people for which he had already apologized last month, the ANSA news agency reported Tuesday. Italian media had attributed to ...

As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their discussions. For the Catholic Church, no aspect of Pope Francis' record ...

Pope Francis, Leader of Catholic Church ... by his defense of Bishop Juan Barros, who had been accused of covering up the abuse. Francis told accusers they needed to provide proof.

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.

His initial calls for action yielded little, and when the crisis exploded again ... the pope. Tensions escalated in 2017 when two close associates of Francis, in a Vatican-vetted journal, accused ...

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 ...