LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England's second most senior cleric Stephen Cottrell will call in a Christmas sermon on Wednesday for repentance and change within an institution reeling from child ...

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a speech Dec. 21 during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with the Roman Curia and cardinals who reside in Rome. During the meeting, the pope said the church must repent and ...

Benedict XVI dedicated a large part of his 2010 reflection to the impact of sex abuse by priests. Other topics: the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, ‘Christianophobia’ and his U.K. trip.

Take all reports of abuse seriously, not just sexual and financial misconduct. Adopt policies making bullying, harassment, abuse of power, and other non-sexual abuse actionable under the disciplinary ...

Pastor Luhamets called the ensuing meeting "very pleasant", adding that the box in fact had even more value for the church than its contents and that the penitents had said they needed the money to ...