“What I’m most passionate about is the reason we’re here is Thanksgiving, that’s what the word Eucharist means,” said Bishop Joseph Brennan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresn ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of financial losses from settlements paid to survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Vermont's last remaining ...

When Pope Francis announced on Oct. 6 that he would create 21 new cardinals later this year, he also gave the Rome Diocese its new vicar general. As he listed the names of the new cardinals ...

Today, those victims finally reached a $320.5 million settlement with the Diocese of Rockville Centre. “The majority of our clients are in their 60’s and 70’s – they have been waiting ...

In a federal lawsuit filed by 11 individuals, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and its Bishop Edward Rice in his official capacity are accused of enabling and concealing ...

The Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York this week announced it has reached a massive settlement of more than $300 million for victims of clerical sex abuse there, bringing an end to a four ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Bishop Mark Seitz's father, Theodore "Ted" Seitz, has died. The Diocese of El Paso announced the news on its official Facebook page Wednesday. The diocese says Seitz's ...

After a four-year court battle, the Diocese of Rockville Centre has reached an agreement with hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse that calls for the church to pay a total of just over $ ...

After four years of negotiations in federal bankruptcy court, the Diocese of Rockville Centre agreed on Sept. 26 to pay $323 million to about 600 survivors of abuse that in some cases dated back ...

Juan Felipe Herrera thought he received a spam call when the MacArthur Foundation called to inform the famed Fresno poet he was about to win one of the most prestigious awards of his storied career.

The Diocese of Rockville Centre, the largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. to go bankrupt, reached a $320 million settlement with sex-abuse victims that paves the way to end its four-year-old ...