SCRANTON, Pa., May 2 (UPI) -- The Rev. Joseph F. Martino, bishop of the diocese of Scranton, Pa., says U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is not doing enough to oppose abortion rights.
STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has released an underground Roman Catholic bishop who had been imprisoned for a decade, the Cardinal Kung Foundation announced.
BEIJING, April 30 (UPI) -- Ignoring the Vatican's wishes, the state-controlled Catholic Church in China consecrated a new bishop in ceremonies on Sunday.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 9 (UPI) -- A woman has accused the Roman Catholic bishop of Spokane, now president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, of molesting her 40 years ago.
DALLAS, March 23 (UPI) -- A high-profile Roman Catholic bishop in Texas has been named bishop of the Camden, N.J., diocese.
MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 27 (UPI) --
MANCHESTER, N.H., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The bishop of Manchester, N.H., refused to resign in the clergy sex abuse scandal after a contentious meeting Sunday with "angry" protesters, reports said Monday. Demonstrators said Roman Catholic Bishop John B. McCormack lied about his role in supervisin
MOSCOW, April 20 (UPI) -- À centuries-long rift between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church deepened after customs Russian officials at Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 airport refused
SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 25 (UPI) -- A Roman Catholic bishop in California used his Sunday sermon to scold the media for its "feeding frenzy" coverage of the ongoing child-abuse scandal sweeping through the church. Bishop Daniel Walsh of Santa Rosa said insinuations of a cover-up have create
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 13 (UPI) -- The Vatican sent word Wednesday that Pope John Paul II had accepted the resignation of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Palm Beach, Fla. Bishop Anthony J. O'Connell
