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Pope asks US bishop to resign after cover-up investigation

A bishop in Minnesota resigned Tuesday at the request of Pope Francis after he was investigated by the Vatican for allegedly ...

Hans Kueng, dissident Catholic theologian, dies at 93

Hans Kueng, a Roman Catholic theologian who was an early colleague and friend of the future Pope Benedict XVI but later fell ...

AP PHOTOS: Holy Week muted but joyful for world's Christians

Christians around the globe celebrated Holy Week in face masks and observing social distance guidelines as the coronavirus ...

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Here are the top stories for Monday, April 5th: 11 dead, roads damaged in East Timor after floods; Bangladesh enforces ...

Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter

Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of ...

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Here is the latest for Sunday, April 4: Pope Francis celebrates subdued Easter Sunday Mass; Myanmar protesters carry eggs in ...

In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic 'scandalous'

Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as ...

Pope urges hope amid 'darkness' of pandemic in Easter vigil

Pope Francis urged his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic as ...

Pope on Good Friday hears children tell of pandemic losses

Pope Francis prayed that people don't feel lost amid the problems of the pandemic as he listened to children's poignant ...

Pope opens final Holy Week services, skips Last Supper rite

Pope Francis opened the solemn final days of Holy Week with a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica but planned to skip the ...

Pope grants German archbishop faulted over abuse 'time out'

Pope Francis has granted a “time out” to a German archbishop who offered his resignation after being faulted for his handling ...

The Latest: Metro Manila, outlying provinces go on lockdown

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 ...

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded

Two attackers believed to be members of a militant network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group blew themselves ...

British judge: Vatican made 'appalling' claims in UK probe

A British judge has blasted Vatican prosecutors for making “appalling” misrepresentations to the court about their ...

2 trapped drivers become first Australian flood fatalities

Two men trapped in vehicles hundreds of kilometers (miles) apart have become the first fatalities of record flooding on ...

Pope, citing pandemic effect, cuts pay for cardinals, others

Trying to save jobs as the pandemic pummels Vatican revenues, Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other ...

Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel

Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to serve on a Vatican commission that advises the ...

German cardinal sees own mistakes over past abuse cases

The Roman Catholic archbishop of the German city of Cologne said Tuesday that he made mistakes in past cases involving sexual ...

Pope decries lack of access to drinking water for many

Pope Francis on Sunday urged more efforts to ensure all people have access to drinking water. Francis lamented that far “too ...

Pope decries shame of racism, like 'virus' lurking in wait

Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show that “our ...