VATICAN CITY (AP) — Italy’s Catholic bishops on Thursday provided their first-ever accounting of clergy sexual abuse, but Italy’s main survivor advocate said it was “shamefully ...

Francesco Zanardi has spent the past 12 years documenting sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in Italy, filling a vacuum he says is caused by the refusal of the country's Church thus far to ...

Italy's churches draw millions of visitors each year, and anger is mounting over how some mistreat the nation's religious heritage.

An Italian support group for victims of clerical sex abuse launched a network Friday to help affected families, whom it said were often shunned by their communities in the mainly Catholic country ...

Italy’s 60,000 churches are home to hundreds of masterpieces and artifacts, easy target to thieves. A recent police operation has recovered objects stolen and broken a ring of thieves, dealers ...

Victims' groups say there are thousands of similar cases hidden in Church archives, and they are increasing pressure for an independent investigation in Italy to mirror recent moves in France and ...

Pro-life and family campaigners in Italy have hit out at a "dangerous and blasphemous" church nativity scene featuring two mothers of the baby Jesus instead of Mary and Joseph figurines. An online ...

Accounting for its share of Italian income tax distributions, the Italian bishops’ conference said it distributed about $1.2 billion in 2019.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Italy’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed Thursday that more than 600 cases from Italy were on file at the Vatican since ...

Bishops in Italy are divided over what type of investigation should be done. Some say the Church has the resources, such as diocesan anti-abuse committees, to do the work itself.