A group of people who say they are survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Maine by Catholic clergy are asking the state ...
Joining Wichita among the ranks of dioceses that ordain more men than they need were Paterson, New Jersey and Arlington, Virginia, along with Nashville, Springfield in Illinois, and Grand Rapids, ...
What is one to make of only the second Catholic vice president in U.S. history lashing out at his own bishops?
In a strongly worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump administration ...
Religious groups have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship ...
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning ...
In Madawaska, at the state's northern tip, fortunes are closely tied to its Canadian counterpart, Edmundston, across the St.
A court has cleared the way for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester to ... to sell the former school and the former St. Alphonsus Church rectory at 10 S. Lewis St. to Dov Popack for $1 million.
The case is the latest—and arguably biggest—test of the conservative majority’s appetite to remove legal barriers for religious groups seeking to participate in taxpayer-funded programs, with ...
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a 2021 law that had paved the way for dozens of child sexual assault lawsuits.
Lawmakers in the state approved the law in 2021, and it was later challenged by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. The diocese has received many lawsuits alleging long-ago abuse by priests.