Pope Leo XIV is under renewed scrutiny over claims that he mishandled priest abuse cases while serving as a leader in the ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Prospective priests hoping to enter seminary in Belleville’s Roman Catholic diocese will have to undergo criminal background checks, beginning next year, just like lay ...

A Roman Catholic priest in Indiana is refusing to undergo a criminal background check, as his bishop is requiring for all diocesan employees. The priest says the check is an invasion of his ...

ATLANTIS — The priest’s cellphone buzzed again as he was visiting coronavirus patients. An hour earlier that day, April 1, he had given last rites to yet another COVID-19 patient at JFK ...

MERRILLVILLE -- A Northwest Indiana priest believes the Vatican will excuse him from a criminal background check being demanded of everyone working with children in the Gary diocese. The Rev ...