The Sodality of Christian Life has announced that the appeals of its founder against sex abuse charges have been definitively rejected, so 2017 restrictions against him stand.

Church leaders were warned not to blame the outside world for the Church’s abuse crisis and that “the enemy is within.”

Pope Francis opened a keenly anticipated summit on the clerical abuse scandals on Thursday by saying the People of God want "concrete and effective measures," not just "simple...

Catholics should speak up when things go wrong in the Church, but theirs must be constructive criticism delivered with love, Pope Francis said, otherwise the devil is at work.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Australia says abuse summit's action items will be the gauge of its success.