Catholic Church, Scandal | featured news

The recent scandal over handling of child abuse in the Catholic church has again focused attention on celibacy.

A controversial cardinal who was scheduled to deliver an elaborate Latin Mass this weekend in Washington at one of the nation's most prominent Catholic churches is being replaced after clergy sex-abuse victims and activists expressed ...

Reports that the Vatican intends to force the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to resign are denied.

The resignation of the bishop, John Magee, added to the fallout of a scandal that has rocked the Catholic church in Ireland and throughout Europe.