Pope Francis visits St. Peter’s Basilica in a surprise outing, just weeks after a long hospital stay and ongoing recovery ...

He rose in the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of abusing minors and seminarians and an investigation led Pope ...

McCarrick’s downfall came in the wake of stunning allegations that first became public in 2018 that he had abused a teen 50 ...

The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out ...

A Vatican report on McCarrick contained testimony from people who tried to raise the alarm about his inappropriate behavior, ...

Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he ...

The former cardinal and archbishop deftly managed to fend off abuse accusations for decades — and never publicly repented ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest and most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. But there are many ...

COMMENTARY: Some crucial teachings of the Church have been called into question, even contradicted, by various aspects of the ...

The former cardinal was expelled from the priesthood in 2019 after the church found him guilty of sexual abuse in an ...

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa New Zealand responds to the death of disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the most notorious and powerful abusers in the ...

Currently, cardinals lead U.S. Catholic archdioceses in major cities ... consistories that act on matters of significance to the church and are appointed to oversee the Curia, the church's ...