Tom McMahon lived with the woman he called his wife and their two sons just 10 miles from where he worked in Northern California. But he hoped his boss would never find out: McMahon was a Roman ...

Those resisting change say celibacy has other benefits, not least among them financial: Imagine if the world s 400,000 Roman Catholic priests all had families, presumably large ones given the church s ...

Pope Leo XIV has issued a clear mandate to the world's Catholic hierarchy, affirming the necessity of priestly celibacy. Leo’s directives, which also included "firm and decisive" action from bishops ...

PELHAM, New York -- A shocking report out of Australia suggests ending mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests could help protect children from sexual abuse. The study claims tens of thousands of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders Wednesday to ...

The 63-year-old Austrian priest, who has served as apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of Vienna since January, will ...

Sept. 20 -- Inspiring young Catholic men to join the priesthood has become a problem in the United States, where there are now more than 3,000 parishes without priests. Even in parishes that do have ...

Tuesday, the Atlantic Wire covered the astonished reaction to the Vatican's announcement of a proposed amnesty of sorts for Anglicans. Pope Benedict XVI has decided that Anglicans wishing to rejoin ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Josef Grünwidl to succeed Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, as head of the Archdiocese of ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders Wednesday to the ...