Roman Catholic Church

Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into the penitential season of lent on Ash Wednesday.

A hearing on the confidentiality of emails between Catholic officials and the New Orleans NFL franchise will be open to news media and the public

The Associated Press has found that more than 900 clergy members accused of child sexual abuse are missing from the lists of credibly accused priests released by the Roman Catholic dioceses and religious orders. Victims advocates had long criticized the church for not making public the names of credibly accused priests.

Pope Francis on Sunday sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman Catholic Church. In a nearly 5,000-word letter sent on the feast day of St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests, the pope on Sunday acknowledged the “pain” of priests who “feel themselves attacked and...

Despite the consensual nature of Engelhardt’s relationship with Father Robert Dreisbach, she frequently referred to those days as “hell.” She didn’t reveal to her son the true identity of his father until he was 8 years old.

The recent revelation that National Rifle Association representatives had met with Australian politicians to discuss talking points after a mass shooting generated outrage from various politicians. The reality is that the NRA has been exerting its influence on gun debates outside the U.S. for a number of years, exporting its firebrand rhetoric and belief that more guns will lead to...

A man and a woman broke into a Roman Catholic church in Queens and stole about $400 from the donation boxes, police said.

A man charged in the friendly fire death of a New York City police officer says the shooting stemmed from a “prank gone horribly wrong.”

Two men have been indicted on murder and other charges in the friendly fire death of New York City police Det. Brian Simonsen.

An NYPD detective killed during a robbery in Queens last week was remembered as a loyal friend, a great detective and “an even better person” during his funeral Wednesday.

The final farewell to NYPD Det. Brian Simonsen started Monday with a wake at a Long Island church, where police officers arrived en masse to mourn the beloved veteran and say goodbye.

The friendly-fire death of an NYPD detective stemmed from the robbery of $1,000 and 25 iPhones, a criminal complaint released Sunday said.

The San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle are reporting that about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and workers have been accused of sexual misconduct since 1998, leaving more than 700 victims. Dozens of them have Texas ties.

Thousands of colleagues, friends and family gathered Friday to remember the young firefighter who fell to his death from a bridge in Brooklyn while trying to reach victims of a car crash last weekend.

A 58-year-old Long Island nurse has been indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide, criminal mischief and petit larceny in connection with the September SUV death of Evelyn Rodriguez, the mother of an MS-13 victim who channeled her daughter’s gruesome killing into an anti-gang crusade.

Prosecutors investigating a sexual abuse case against a Houston-area priest are executing a search warrant at the offices of the local archdiocese.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand confidential files and testimony from church leaders, according to two people familiar with the probe.

A fire that killed five children after it tore through a New Jersey house started when a power strip had an electrical failure, officials said.

A mother recognized by President Donald Trump for turning grief over her daughter’s suspected gang killing into a crusade against MS-13 was remembered at her funeral Friday as a hero and a warrior.

Four men who said they were sexually abused as boys by a teacher at a Brooklyn Catholic church have reached a $27.5 million settlement from the Diocese of Brooklyn. The men will each receive about $6.8 million.