Catholic Church

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is dispensing the duty of attending Sunday Mass and the celebration of Advent and Christmas due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is looking to keep Catholics safe from the spreading coronavirus this Christmas season by not requiring in-person Mass.

The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable issues the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it will do about current and future clergy who use their power to sexually abuse adults

Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored

Pope Francis is vowing to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offering prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap.

In new documentary “Francesco,” Pope Francis endorsed permitting civil unions for same-sex couples, the first time he has publicly addressed the issue since becoming pope in 2013.

Pennsylvania’s highest court is considering whether a woman’s lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to continue

The Diocese of Camden has filed for bankruptcy, citing revenue losses because of the millions it paid out to clergy abuse victims and the pandemic. The filing on Thursday comes after New Jersey eased its civil statute of limitations in 2019 to make it easier for victims of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of clergy to sue for damages.

The Diocese of Camden has filed for bankruptcy, citing revenue losses because of the millions it paid out to clergy abuse victims and the pandemic

Back in 2002, Roman Catholic bishops in the United States adopted a charter containing guidelines for combating child sex abuse by priests and other church personnel

Roman Catholics account for a bit more than 20% of the U.S. population

Pope Francis has given his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends

Police say a woman accused of punching a lector during Sunday Mass at a Center City church is now in custody.

After being laid off from her job in May due to COVID-19, Maggie Burgess used her love of true crime to start her own weekly podcast called “Dark as Hell,” which revisits mysterious cases like the Baltimore murder of Catholic religious sister Cathy Cesnik who went missing in November 1969.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday.

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.

The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid

Catholic churches in Philadelphia resumed in-person services after prolonged closures due to COVID-19. Sunday Mass, though, looks a lot different now. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports.

After stopping in-person Mass, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is resuming the celebration this weekend with measures in place aimed at stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus.