The investigation into the violent death of a Minnesota pastor in Angola has taken another shocking twist, with police now saying that the pastor’s wife was having an affair with the couple’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

The question of women deacons, the document said, "remains open" and "discernment needs to continue". The Catholic Church has an all-male clergy and Pope John Paul II declared it had no authority ...

Vatican Summit Praises Women's Leadership, but Stops Short on Women Clergy By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a ...

VATICAN CITY - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling for women to be ...

But advocates say Francis 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 study of whether women can be ...

Cardinals attend a mass concluding the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on Sunday. AFP A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ...