“That’s when they discovered ‘we’re dealing with someone very different,’ ” Simon said. That wasn’t new for Francis. George said that when the pope was still a priest and bishop back in his native ...

Bangladesh’s decision to appeal against a court order granting bail to a prominent Hindu priest is seen as a missed opportunity to ease tensions with India and signal its commitment to minority ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday signed a controversial state law that requires priests to report child abuse to authorities even if they learn of it during the sacrament of confession.

Afta im spend 17 years as Catholic priest, Echezona Obiagbaosogu leave di priesthood for African Traditional Religion (ATR) at a time wen pipo dey tok more on di indigenous religion. Obiagbaosogu ...

US priest Cardinal Roger Mahony, who was accused of concealing a clerical child sex abuse scandal, was selected to participate in sealing Pope Francis' casket and preparing his burial, according ...

"As priests, we often bless caskets at funerals — but to bless the mortal remains of the Roman Pontiff, the Successor of Peter, was an overwhelming and humbling experience," Duffy said.

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Francis’s call, issued at the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro shortly after he became pope, struck a deep chord among a group of Argentine clerics dubbed the “curas villeros” or “slum priests.” ...

AFP via Getty Images In one case, Mahony kept now-defrocked priest Michael Baker in circulation after the cleric confessed in 1986 to molesting two boys over a nearly seven-year period.

Two priests who happened to be on holiday in Rome at the time of Pope Francis' death have said they will be representing the West Midlands "in spirit" when they attend his funeral on Saturday.