TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic ...

A seven-year long debate over whether NJ can investigate alleged abuse and coverups by the Catholic Church landed in the ...

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office wants to produce a grand jury presentment, but the church has argued that state law doesn't allow such reports to target private institutions.

A judge blocked the probe from moving forward after the Camden Diocese challenged it in court. The attorney general's office ...

VATICAN CITY - Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the 1 ...

The possibility of robust and thriving Vatican-China relations, first initiated by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, ...

Today the cardinals decide when the Conclave will be convened – The conservatives, the modernizers, and the ritual of the ...

Observers have labeled Tagle the “Asian Francis” due to similarities in pastoral focus and leadership style with the late ...

Following the solemn yet also joyous occasion of Pope Francis’s funeral, attention now turns to who might follow him. It was ...

For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it ...

He chose to address poverty, he pursued reconciliation in the church, and he believed in inclusion and compassion. He ...