Saying that the Catholic Church did not protect children is just as wrong. It was the bishops. It was the hierarchy. We should not blame the people of God for the sins of the hierarchy.

Before the vote, the all-male U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ... Every time the male hierarchy of the church chooses to defend the power of the institution over the children, or the sick ...

It is time to face the horrible truth: The Catholic ... of children. It chronicles in detail how the Catholic hierarchy from the diocese to the Vatican worked not only mitigate the church's ...

Any male baptized in the Roman Catholic church is eligible to serve as pope ... including support for "innocent Palestinian women and children" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

There are numerous signs that the Catholic Church is failing in Western ... been problematic for couples and their children. Liberals also blame the hierarchy for the vocation crisis because ...

A government-sponsored report said on Wednesday the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Ireland continued to conceal the sexual abuse of children by priests even after it introduced rules in the ...

In fact, in no part of the U.S. are more Catholic dioceses now in bankruptcy than here in northern California. In each case, the church hierarchy cites hundreds of clergy sex abuse and cover-up ...

More than 300 Catholic priests across Pennsylvania sexually abused children over seven decades, protected by a hierarchy of church leaders who covered it up, according to a sweeping grand jury ...

Among the requests, the group seeks to reform the church's hierarchy by getting ... will be a safe place for children. Bishop Robert Gugliemone of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston sent ...

Catholic laity in the Tri-State and across the country are determined to be heard by the church hierarchy ... USCCB in preventing the sexual abuse of children. In a Nov. 13, 2018 special reportto ...

The church’s teaching authority is not solely based on the hierarchy; it includes the work of theologians and the lived experience of Catholic people. Leading theologians diverge from the ...