Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Father Natale Santonocito is the latest priest to question Pope Francis’s legitimacy and be excommunicated as a result - Tiziana ...

ROME – An Italian priest has been placed under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a minor, while also facing at least five other charges of abuse in other communities said to ...

The Catholic Church — especially in Italy — was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5. Alarm was ...

In a digital age where the Vatican is increasingly trying to modernise its image to appeal to younger generations, a high-ranking priest in Italy has managed to do the exact opposite. During what ...