The Latest Breaking News from the Catholic Church

‘The simple explanation is that she was not taken seriously,’ said a former Channel 4 commissioner

When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her most famous performance circulated amid the grief and shock.

The Catholic Church in the United States, Australia and some other countries began coming to terms with their clergy sexual abuse legacies years ago and set up mechanisms to compensate victims

Pope Francis is making a five-day visit next week to Portugal, where a scandal that erupted earlier this year over Catholic Church sex abuse is still simmering

Known for her shaved head and fierce voice, she shot to fame with her cover of Prince’s ballad ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.

Sinead O’Connor's act of protest on Saturday Night Live was a defining moment of her career.

The Jesuits say a famous artist priest has been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women

Father Immanuel Lopez, born 1908 in Kochi, declared Servant of God by Varappuzha archbishop. First step of four to canonisation. Good Samaritan of Kochi, born into Anglo-Indian family, ordained priest 1934. 5,000 attended ceremony, biography released. Process supervised by Congregation for Causes of Saints.

King Henry VIII built a secret underground tunnel at Hill View Cottage in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, which went on to be used by Catholics to escape persecution - and is still intact