The post to the pontifical commission for the Vatican City State is not hugely influential, but the appointment nonetheless ...

The Pope acknowledged "resistance in some parts of the world" to permanently remove a priest who abuses a child, the group ...

The 63-year-old Austrian priest, who has served as apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of Vienna since January, will succeed Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, who has led the archdiocese since ...

Cardinal Schönborn, a theologian who led the Archdiocese of Vienna for 30 years, helped write the Catechism of the Catholic ...

A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Edward Scharfenberger.The Vatican made the announcement Monday morning.

The Vatican rarely gives reasons for a bishop's removal, even in cases involving abuse, preferring to say simply that the pope accepted the bishop's resignation. "The lack of accountability for Church ...

The Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of ...

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.

The Holy See’s first independent auditor-general has called on the Pope to examine – and carefully question – the Vatican’s ...