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Revelations in Spain are the latest to rock the Roman Catholic Church after a series of sexual abuse scandals around the world, often involving children, over the past 20 years.

Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on issues such as the treatment of divorcees and LGBTQ believers.

The tragedy struck the coastal town of Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, on Sunday

A purported FBI document suggests the agency may target Catholics who attend Latin Mass.

Pope Francis on Sunday has called for the peaceful resolution of the protests in Peru, calling for a dialogue between the protesters and the government.

Pope Francis revealed on Wednesday that his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, is "very ill" as he asks for prayers from his followers around the world for him to get better.

Cuba will be holding a referendum vote regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption on Sunday, despite opposition from the local church and conservatives of the area.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a prominent Vatican figure and potential successor to the Pope, was hit with a sexual assault lawsuit on Tuesday for an incident that happened in 2010.

Don Paolo Romeo, a parish priest in Italy who believed a conspiracy theory about vaccines being made from "aborted embryos," is reported to have died on Wednesday due to contracting COVID-19.

A German law firm released a report on the findings of their independent investigation regarding the sexual abuses in the country's church, showing that the former Pope Benedict XVI knew about the cases and helped cover them up.

Investigations are continuing into the operations of a charity founded by the late Mother Teresa in 1950, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government progressively enforces the law against “forceful conversion" in Hindu-majority India, insisting people of all religions have equal rights.

The men’s attorney said the investigations concerning his clients' credibility were biased claiming the investigators were paid and controlled by the Catholic Church.

A Washington D.C. federal grand jury has charged a former priest and U.S. citizen on Thursday, accusing him of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minor victims in Timor Leste starting in 2013. The man is also currently facing related child sexual exploitation charges in the most Catholic place in the world outside the Vatican.

The Vatican has reportedly received a letter addressed to the Pope on Monday, Aug. 9, containing three bullets and a menacing message about the Papal Seat's financial operations.

A former football star player at Delbarton School in Morris County, New Jersey is seeking damages of more than $50 million following a bombshell revelation that three monks of the Catholic institution allegedly raped, sodomized, and sexually abused him more than 150 times as a teenager in the 1970s because he is Black.

The Canadian government wants Pope Francis to personally apologize for the role of the Catholic church in the country's residential school system that resulted in the death of multiple kids from 1890 to 1969.

At least 215 bodies of Indigenous students have been unearthed this week through the aid of ground-penetrating radar technology at the site of the former Catholic Church-run Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada.

A Catholic pastor in Wisconsin has been asked to resign by his bishop for preaching ultra-right wing politics to his congregation.

A retired Roman Catholic priest allegedly raped a naive woman in her Gateshead home and told her "good night, god bless," after the horrific ordeal that occurred in England 35 years ago.

Things have just gotten difficult for Gwen Stefani as her past reportedly has come back to stall her happiness. Gavin Rossdale allegedly "refuses to play ball," halting Stefani's plea for annulment.

When it comes to their ability to offend the Catholic Church, two performers come to mind — Madonna and Lady Gaga. Here are the top moments when the singers angered the Church for their controversial music and performances.

Pope Francis has declared Fr. Stanley Rother the first U.S. martyr after he was murdered in Guatemala in 1981.

The Vatican is currently under scrutiny as sexual abuse claims in Argentina come to light with catholic priests currently in police custody.

The Pontiff asked those who are Catholic "to make a courageous and exemplary gesture."

A proverbial act of God destroyed a religious statue in Colombia; observers on social media put their own twist on its significance.

Vatican trial could effectively shield a child rapist from jail time in the Dominican Republic and Poland

Mexican Priest Francisco Díaz was killed in a suspected robbery. An increasing number of his peers have been murdered in cartel-related violence.

Ted Cruz’s Flat-Earth/Galileo comment reveals much about the “global warming” debate, in which arguments against climate change action have shifted from flat-out denials to pseudo scientific dissent.

December 8, 2014, marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception which in addition to kicking off the Christmas holiday season, celebrates the belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

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