The preparation for ordination to the priesthood is a long journey of seven to eight years. The major points of emphasis are spiritual, human, pastoral and intellectual formation. The four stages are ...

Theodore E. McCarrick — the former archbishop of Washington and the highest American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a ...

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, seen in this 2011 file photo, died April 3 at age 94. McCarrick was laicized in ...

He rose in the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of abusing minors and seminarians and an investigation led Pope Francis to strip him of his priesthood. By Robert D. McFadden Theodore E.

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

The former cardinal was expelled from the priesthood after the church found him guilty of sexual abuse. He was accused in ...

Oklahoma man is accused of gunning down priest outside of a Kansas Catholic church - Community members called the priest’s ...