Catholic Church

In a major departure from Vatican doctrine, Pope Francis advocated for policies to protect LGBTQ Catholics. News4’s Pat Collins has more on what that means for the church going forward.

In new documentary “Francesco,” Pope Francis endorsed permitting civil unions for same-sex couples, the first time he has publicly addressed the issue since becoming pope in 2013.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond says it is paying $6.3 million to 51 people who as minors experienced sexual abuse by clergy

Back in 2002, Roman Catholic bishops in the United States adopted a charter containing guidelines for combating child sex abuse by priests and other church personnel

Roman Catholics account for a bit more than 20% of the U.S. population

Pope Francis has given his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends

After being laid off from her job in May due to COVID-19, Maggie Burgess used her love of true crime to start her own weekly podcast called “Dark as Hell,” which revisits mysterious cases like the Baltimore murder of Catholic religious sister Cathy Cesnik who went missing in November 1969.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday.

Anyone who recently attended services at one Catholic church in D.C. is being advised to self-quarantine after the pastor, who criticized coronavirus-related restrictions, tested positive for the virus.  Monsignor Charles Pope reported testing positive, Holy Comforter St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church and D.C. Health Department said. The church is closed for two weeks and anyone who was there on...

The D.C. Department of Health is urging parishioners at a church on Capitol Hill to quarantine after the pastor at the church tested positive for coronavirus. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the pastor had been a critic of coronavirus closures.

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s.

Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing boys at a beach house in New Jersey in the 1980s. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid

Churches are feeling the economic strain of the pandemic. Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team are getting early finance reports from Catholic dioceses in the D.C. area.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for men

Father Stephen Tilley, a Catholic priest in Utah, started holding drive-up confessions sessions to help people during the coronavirus pandemic.

At St. Edward the Confessor Church, Father Scott Holmer is responding to the coronavirus and the needs of his congregation by holding drive-thru confessional.

Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins attends curbside confessional held by St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Bowie, Maryland.

Pope Francis has left the Vatican to make a surprise visit to two churches