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Clerical sex abuse survivors have hailed the Vatican's decision to remove from the priesthood Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. Pope Francis confirmed the removal of the 88-year-old just days before the…

The World Youth Day celebration opens in Panama on Tuesday, one day before Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive there and just months after the bishops' synod special assembly on young people. Wealthier and more politically stable than its…

Ensuring there are no more cover-ups of child sex abuse is one of the chief goals of the Feb. 21–24 meeting of bishops in Rome, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis ordered the…

The Vatican has been closely following the progress of astronomy, such as the NASA probe hovering over the celestial body farthest away from Earth, Ultima Thule, on New Year’s Day. On the eve of the Epiphany, La Croix looks at the Vatican…

Traditional Polish Nativity scenes have been added to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, marking the country’s first appearance on the prestigious list. The decision was made at a meeting in Mauritius on Nov. 29 attended by…

VATICAN CITY — The synod assembly on young people concluded at the Vatican on Sunday with a letter addressed to the young people of the world appealing to them to get involved in both the Church and society that “urgently needs your…

I am one of those angry and sickened Catholic laity. The torrent of news about the latest revelations of clerical sexual abuse in the United States and elsewhere has left me drowning in frustration and grief. The Church that I love is…

In an effort to reach out to local people, a German Catholic priest from the Diocese of Limburg has adopted the habit of taking a weekly train journey during which he makes himself available to chat to other passengers. Fr. Olaf Lindenberg …

Five years after his election, Pope Francis has decided to publish his third apostolic exhortation, titled Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad). As the subtitle explicitly states, its theme is "the call to holiness in today's world."…

By announcing the canonization of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero on the same day, Pope Francis wanted to draw a connection between two leading lights of the post-Vatican II church: the pope who saw the Second Vatican Council…