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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp run by the Nazis, Pope Francis said the horror of the annihilation of millions of Jews must never be forgotten or denied.

A retired archbishop who for decades was Peru's leading Catholic cleric has been disciplined following allegations of sexual abuse, the Vatican has said, confirming press reports. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne denies the accusations.

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to make good on that vow, writes Rich Barlow, he should reconsider Catholicism’s insistence on an all-male priesthood.

The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has said that the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti.

The Vatican has confirmed that disciplinary sanctions are still in effect against the first-ever cardinal from Opus Dei following accusations of sexual abuse

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an allegation of sexual abuse.

Vatican City • Donald Trump might not be president yet, but world leaders have been preparing for his second term, including the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis. On Jan. 6, the Vatican announced Cardinal Robert McElroy ...

The close of the special jubilee for communicators provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of this document.

The written remarks also warned against what the pope termed “brain rot” caused by constant social media scrolling, calling for greater media literacy.

Cardinal Michael Czerny and sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz on Jan. 23 in Rome spoke about evangelization through art.

In a busy news week, people may have missed the Vatican stating it has concluded the process of gathering information in the case of Father Marko Rupnik.