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Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s. Wellesley police have charged McCarrick, now 91 and living in Missouri, with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday. The Boston Globe was first to report the charges. McCarrick was…

A Virginia’s man’s testimony against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick could prove pivotal in determining the future of the Catholic church. News4’s David Culver spoke with him.

Pope Francis has celebrated grandparents and the elderly. It came on the Roman Catholic Church’s first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

Pope Francis has made his first public appearance since surgery a week earlier

The Vatican says Pope Francis has “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery at a Rome hospital

A Vatican judge has indicted 10 people, including a cardinal, on charges including extortion, abuse of office and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a London real estate venture

Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada’s notorious residential schools

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted a few days ago to advance a proposal to deny President Joe Biden and other politicians Holy Communion because of their support for abortion rights. The idea is part of proposed guidance for the church to create “eucharistic consistency.” Professor Kurt Martens, who specializes in canon law at Catholic University, said the...

News4’s Derrick Ward speaks to local Catholics and experts about the proposal.

U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights.

When U.S. Catholic bishops convene virtually for a national meeting this week, they will be divided ideologically as well as physically

Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base

Pope Francis is urging his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic.

More people will be able to celebrate Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Easter and during Holy Week.  Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office temporarily raised coronavirus-related capacity limits at the Basilica. The mayor’s office granted the Archdiocese a waiver to allow between 750 and 1,500 people inside.  The Basilica previously was allowed to...

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions, saying that God “cannot bless sin.”

Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting

Father Emil Kapaun was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously and is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.

In a historic speech to Iraqi figureheads, Pope Francis urged religious leaders and lawmakers to protect Christians and called for tolerance between Christians and Muslims.

Catholic leaders in New Orleans and St. Louis are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is “morally compromised” because it’s produced using cell lines developed from aborted fetuses