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February 17, 2019

Pope asks for prayers for sex abuse summit at Vatican

Pope Francis is asking for prayers for this week's sex abuse summit at the Vatican, calling abuse an "urgent challenge of our ...

February 17, 2019

The Latest: Cardinal calls McCarrick punishment 'important'

The Latest on the defrocking of former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick (all times local): 12:20 a.m. The archbishop of ...

February 16, 2019

McCarrick's rise through church hierarchy began as altar boy

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick's rise through the Catholic Church hierarchy, during which he established a reputation as ...

February 16, 2019

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and defrocked, as calls rose Saturday ...

February 16, 2019

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

Let the lawsuits begin. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his ...

February 16, 2019

India warns of 'crushing response' to Kashmir suicide attack

India's prime minister warned of a "crushing response" to the suicide bombing of a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled ...

February 15, 2019

Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy

A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world's largest gay communities, the Vatican, estimating ...

February 15, 2019

66 killed in Nigerian state before presidential election

Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna state are reporting at least 66 deaths in a wave of violence just before the country's ...

February 15, 2019

Cardinal expects 'significant progress' at sex abuse summit

The U.S. archbishop helping to organize next week's summit of the world's bishops at the Vatican on sexual abuse by clergy ...

February 15, 2019

Myanmar sentences 2 to death in killing of Suu Kyi aide

A court in Myanmar sentenced two men to death on Friday for the killing of a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a close adviser ...

February 14, 2019

Russia says another Olympic bid possible, despite doping

Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said Thursday the country is interested in hosting the Olympics in 2032 or 2036, even ...

February 14, 2019

Spanish child sex abuse victims demand legal changes

Spanish campaigners on Thursday delivered a petition with more than half a million signatures to the national parliament in ...

February 13, 2019

More than 180 New Jersey clerics named as accused abusers

New Jersey's five Roman Catholic dioceses listed more than 180 priests Wednesday who have been credibly accused of sexually ...

February 13, 2019

The Latest: More than 180 priests named as accused abusers

The Latest on the release of names of clergy members with credible accusations of sexually abusing minors in New Jersey (all ...

February 12, 2019

French Senate questions Catholic official on abuse by clergy

The spokesman for France's Catholic bishops' conference told lawmakers Tuesday the French church is working with authorities ...

February 12, 2019

Portuguese Catholic church finds few sexual abuse cases

The Catholic Church's news service in Portugal reports that a senior official says church authorities have investigated only ...

February 12, 2019

Trump calls Rep. Omar apology about Israel remark 'lame'

Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they ...

February 12, 2019

Anti-Semitic acts hit France amid anti-government protests

Portraits of a Holocaust survivor stained with swastikas. A memorial in honor of a Jewish man vandalized. A bagel shop with ...

February 12, 2019

Uighurs to China: Post a video of my missing relatives, too

Members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group are calling on China to post videos of their relatives who have disappeared into ...