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A new national sex-abuse hotline will be created to report sexual assault within the Catholic church. U.S. Catholic Bishops voted Wednesday to create the hotline which will be run by an independent entity. The decision represents one of the church’s most tangible steps yet in confronting its sex-abuse crisis. “If you need to call the […]

The Catholic archdiocese in Baltimore published the names of 23 dead priests and religious brothers Wednesday who it says were credibly accused of child sex abuse after their deaths. This release marks a revision to an archdiocese policy that once prohibited the naming of priests and brothers who were no longer alive when they were […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Baltimore has delivered over 50,000 pages of internal files to Maryland’s top law enforcement official amid an investigation into child sex abuse and is in the process of handing over more, church leaders announced Tuesday. Archbishop William Lori described the clergy sex abuse scourge that’s been rocking the […]

Georgetown University sold 272 slaves to rescue the school during a financial crisis. Many are now asking if the university should compensate the slaves' descendants.

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Pope Francis will arrive in Washington, D.C. for the beginning part of his visit to the United States - his first-ever visit to the U.S.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO:  Obama Rejects Money Tied To […]

Nathaniel Lindein, a crack-addled burglar accused of robbing nearly a dozen Bronx churches says he broke into the poor box as revenge for the child sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church.