He has entered the honeymoon phase of the year, handling his first solo meeting very ably (and in a snazzy shirt, as well ... including Clergy Appreciation Day coming up on Oct. 31, the ...

Their situation is increasingly common in Vermont and across the country as church members and clergy age and congregations ...

The archdiocese in September proposed a bankruptcy settlement as part of its plan for addressing sexual abuse by clergy, offering a $62.5 million payout to victims. The abuse survivors have ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury resigned on Tuesday as the crisis over a Church of England child sex abuse scandal engulfed more senior clergy. The Most Rev Justin Welby stood down following intense ...

Several Church of England dignitaries were under mounting pressure to step down tonight over their implication in the John Smyth abuse scandal. After Justin Welby’s resignation, the spotlight ...

Shea, 64, said he was told that Healey was conducting a wide-ranging investigation into clergy sexual abuse in the Worcester diocese. Shea had become an outspoken advocate for survivors of such ...

Vatican summit avoids discussing women clergy Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations taking part Pope Francis criticised over stances on women in society Summit expected to issue final ...

But advocates say he has taken the issue of women clergy off the table at the synod, by asking the Vatican’s typically conservative doctrinal office to take over the study of whether women can b ...

As Vatican Summit Dodges Issue of Women Clergy, Pope Francis Takes Criticism By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope ...

The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and Pope John Paul II declared it had no authority to ordain women as priests. But church historians say there is evidence that in earlier centuries ...

A six-hour pitch battle broke out in Ukraine's largest cathedral between pro-Kyiv clergy and Putin-supporting men of the cloth. Shocking footage shows the bloody scenes at St Michael's Cathedral ...

Soon, Nana hopes, arrays and batteries will become cheap enough that more homeowners across the continent will be able to afford switching to solar. And, as the journalist Bill McKibben has ...