A new history of the seventeenth-century Basque witch-hunt usefully blows away some old myths, but fails to explain ...

French bishops request criminal investigation into abuse allegations against Emmaus founder Abbé Pierre following nine new ...

France's Catholic Church on Friday said that it had asked prosecutors to investigate a raft of sexual abuse accusations against a charity icon who was showered with accolades during his lifetime.

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A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...

Struggling to raise funds for the restoration of his cathedral’s antique organ, a priest from St.-Flour turned one of the ...

The deal was negotiated with the help of the Catholic Church for the release of "political prisoners in Cuba and those who have been detained unjustly," the official added. Family members of ...

Abbé Pierre, a well-known activist for the poor and the homeless who died in 2007 at the age of 94, is pictured in this Oct. 3, 2002, file photo. French Catholics were shocked to learn July 17, 2024 ...

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