Pope Francis admitted Tuesday that Catholic priests and bishops had sexually abused nuns, the latest scandal to rock the church. Pope Francis, shown here accepting a gift from an Arab journalist ...

A series of scandals will be looming large in the eyes of church leaders and Vatican watchers alike during a highly anticipated conference on child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday. M ...

Feb. 6, 2007 — -- Bill and Mary Manseau's marriage has brought them into a decades-long confrontation with the church they love. From a young age, both were devout Roman Catholics. As a kid, Bill ...

ROME — An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday he had been misunderstood and incurred the protests of the faithful and local religious ...