For more than three decades, the Catholic Church has been rocked by sex abuse scandals spanning the globe. And for decades, the church has been accused of protecting itself rather than the victims ...

For decades, the Catholic Church has dealt with the priest sex abuse crisis as allegations have surfaced worldwide. The church has paid out more than $3 billion to settle sexual abuse claims ...

A significant number of people raised Catholic have converted to Protestant churches, usually evangelical Pentecostal churches. In many countries, the report found, more than 50 percent of ...

Before Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI was the leader of the Catholic Church. Benedict, a German-born academic, was one of the oldest popes to take charge of the church from 2005 until his retirement ...

For centuries, the Catholic church has been a European institution. The vast majority of its followers were in Europe, its enormous power was rooted in European politics and, reflecting this ...

In comparison, Fox reported for just 22 seconds on the Illinois attorney general’s recent report that Catholic Church clergy members and lay religious brothers had abused nearly 2,000 children ...

For more than three decades, the Catholic Church has been rocked by sex abuse scandals spanning the globe. And for decades, the church has been accused of protecting itself rather than the victims ...