The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of ...

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...

The priest who complained about “Stockholm Syndrome ... Last year, after he announced plans to educate seminarians outside the church hierarchy, the church charged him with schism and ...

He approved procedures to investigate bishops who abused or covered up for their pedophile priests, seeking to end the tradition of impunity for the hierarchy. Ivereigh, the papal biographer ...

Mahony was also accused of mishandling the case of an abuser priest when he was Bishop of Stockton. For many years, Mahony was a prominent figure in the US church hierarchy and considered a strong ...

He approved procedures to investigate bishops who abused or covered up for their pedophile priests, seeking to end the tradition of impunity for the hierarchy. Ivereigh, the papal biographer ...

But as pope, Francis never enacted a global change in canon law that prohibits priests from serving in ministry when ... “There’s a tendency with the hierarchy to think these are a few rotten apples.

In February, Prevost shared a post on social media that pushed back at Vance's contention that Catholicism teaches a hierarchy of ... communities throughout his priesthood as a member of the ...

and we seek to do that in a way that doesn't diminish the role of the hierarchy but elevates the role of the baptized. Taylor: In our lifetime, will we see a female become a priest in the Catholic ...