The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...

WASHINGTON – Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick's rise through the Catholic Church hierarchy, during which he established a reputation as a globe-trotting human rights advocate before being brought ...

Hierarchy is vital in business and in any complex endeavor, but also dangerous. The crisis in the Catholic church over sexual abuse by priests, and the coverup by higher officials, highlights the ...

After decades of broken promises to clean up the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual-abuse scandal, American bishops made another attempt at reform last week. Unfortunately, the new measures adopted by the ...

Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, returned to his native Australia July 10 to face criminal charges related to sexual assault. While the specific allegations and names of the ...

AARON WEINMANN/THE HOYA Robert Bennett (CAS ’61, LAW ’64), Karen Tumulty, John Carr, Dawn Eden Goldstein and Kevin Byrnes react to sexual abuse in the church. Catholic clergy cannot be trusted to ...

Reader responses were in support of making a clear distinction between the word "church" and the word "hierarchy." First read the original argument from Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. The following letters ...

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There is a fundamental flaw in the reasoning of Kenneth Craycraft's guest column "Contract reflects Catholic teaching" (May 12). He has forgotten that the Catholic Church as described by Vatican II is ...

Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Max Rossi/Reuters) Though I found myself agreeing with much of Elizabeth Bruenig’s Aug. 1 op-ed, “Can we trust the Catholic Church?,” I have great difficulty ...