Cardinal Cupich presented a framework for “clear procedures to hold bishops involved in misconduct and mishandling [of abuse cases] accountable.”

“No bishop may say to himself, ‘The problem of abuse in the church does not concern me because things are different in my part of the world,’” the archbishop of Bombay told bishops gathered in Rome.

Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would “sustain” summit participants and “help us to turn this evil into an opportunity for awareness and purification.”

Cardinal Tagle urged church leaders not to shy away from acknowledging the pain of victims.

In our second episode of “Deliver Us,” we look at two mistaken theories about the cause of the sex abuse crisis: celibacy and gay priests.

As legislators in multiple states push hard to expand access to abortion, claiming that doing so will give women the control they need over their lives, some Kentucky lawmakers are taking a different tack.

The summit began Feb. 21 with the harrowing stories of survivors of sexual abuse, cover-up and rejection by church officials.

Opening the Vatican summit on the clerical sexual abuse crisis, the pope said, “The holy people of God are watching and are awaiting from us not simple, predictable condemnations, but concrete and effective measures.”

The Catholic high school student at the center of an encounter with a Native American tribal leader in Washington filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit Feb. 19 against The Washington Post claiming the newspaper's coverage of the incident was biased.

“The Wife” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” feature female protagonists with strongly contrasting stories.

Frederic Martel boldly told reporters at a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome on Feb. 20 that “the great majority” of the more than 200 members of the College of Cardinals are leading double lives.

British government inquiry into the sexual abuse crisis that continues to shake the Catholic Church has focused on the actions of the Vatican’s diplomatic service — its network of papal nuncios around the world.

Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland, in releasing the list, said its publication was an "act of contrition" and an attempt to bring comfort to survivors of clergy abuse.

Does the Church, as the Body of Christ, offer a response to the sex abuse scandals?

You might ask, “Shouldn’t we all pretend to be Jesus?” We should, but that does not seem to have gotten most of us all that far. Perhaps a humbler role is a better beginning.

In Christian Wiman's new book, all easy answers about how spirituality informs the arts and vice versa are given fierce interrogation.

We are now relying on our children to act where we have failed, for their futures and that of their offspring.

Our society—and our economy—depends on trust for its very survival. So what do we do when cries of “fake news” erode our willingness to believe each other?

Like a new Netflix series, the church today seems caught in an endless loop of accusations and revelations.