Pope Leo XIV has issued a clear mandate to the world's Catholic hierarchy, affirming the necessity of priestly celibacy. Leo’s directives, which also included "firm and decisive" action from bishops ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — A renowned Brazilian Catholic priest confirmed Tuesday that he was ordered by Sao Paulo’s archbishop to stop broadcasting his services and avoid social media postings all-together, ...

Police have charged nine Catholic priests and a lay leader with unlawful assembly in southern India's communist-ruled Kerala state, after the accused joined a protest seeking safety for people ...

The priest Antonsen was accusing had spent 14 years working at Chicago-area Catholic high schools. But Antonsen, who is now 72, said reporting the allegations dropped him into a maze of church ...