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Cardinal George Pell has admitted not acting on an alleged abuse claim presented to him by a student.  The Vatican's finance minister, from Australia, is being questioned by an Australian Royal ...

One of the highest-ranking officials in the Vatican will later begin to testify in an investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church.  Cardinal George Pell, financial adviser to the Vatican...

The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis has appeared in an Australian court. Wearing his clerical collar, George Pell attended a hearing at Melbourne Mag...

Australian authorities are investigating a letter circulated on social media to see whether it was written by disgraced Cardinal George Pell, which would be in Pell is the highest-ranking Catholic c...

A lawyer for the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis told an Australian court on Tuesday that Cardinal George Pel Defence and prosecution lawyers were m...

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, must stand trial on sexual assault charges, a cour Magistrate Belinda Wallington dismisse...

Cardinal George Pell will play a reduced role in the Vatican after the pope approved a decree.  The Australian cardinal's financial powers are being reigned in following a reorganisation of the ...

The Vatican's head of finances has said a former bishop deceived him by failing to acknowledge the crimes of a priest who eventually abused more than fifty chil Cardinal George Pell, the Holy See's S...

The leading Catholic in England and Wales has lit candles and prayed for the couple and their unborn daughter who were burned to death in Pakistan last week. Sajjeed Mashah, 27, and his wife Shama Bi...

The Pope's top adviser on clerical sex abuse has implicitly rebuked the pontiff over his accusations of slander against Chilean abuse victims, saying that Franc Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop...

The cardinal appointed by Pope Francis to take control of the Vatican's budget and introduce more transparency in its finances has been accused of spending half Cardinal George Pell was appointed to ...

The Vatican's Head of Finance has issued a statement rejecting allegations that he attempted to bribe an abuse victim. Cardinal George Pell was accused of telephoning a victim of paedophile priest Ge...

An American cardinal has defended the Catholic Church's traditional teaching on sexuality as he thinks homosexuality is "abnormal". Speaking to Portuguese newspaper O Clarim, Cardinal Raymond Burke r...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales says he stands behind the Pope but is warning that changes for divorcees in the Church will not be instant. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of We...

The Emeritus Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Okogie has urged Nigeria's soon-to-be Muslim President, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, to focus on providing good gov The Archbishop gave the advice in a st...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has welcomed an announced by the Government that a programme to resettle vulnerable refugees is being expanded to include families from Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced on...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales says that faith communities and the State must talk and listen to one another in order to meet the challenges of th Speaking at a special symposium on Tho...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has said the protection of civilians must not be compromised at any point in the battle to retake the besieged Iraq Cardinal Vincent Nichols made the comm...

The first Roman Catholic cardinal of Haiti is warning against the rise of voodoo in the country. Chibly Langlois says the practice offers 'magic' to the poor population but no proper solutions.The ca...

Cuba's Roman Catholic Church has said the former archbishop of Havana who helped organise the first papal visit to communist Cuba has died. Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino was 83.The cleric als...