catholic church

Published
May 25, 2023

Lawsuit accuses bishop of Diocese of Portland of facilitating sexual abuse

The suit alleges that Bishop Robert Deeley was one of three high-ranking members of the Catholic Church who were negligent in allowing a high school administrator in Massachusetts to sexually abuse minors for several years starting in 2011.
Published
March 15, 2023

Catholic watchdog names bishops tied to sex abuse, urges Pope Francis to act

Researchers are demanding that Pope Francis release the names of bishops investigated under a 2019 policy meant to formalize the church's handling of sex abuse cases.
Published
March 11, 2023

$3 million in federal funds will help preserve Maine Irish Heritage Center’s history

The center inside the old St. Dominic's church building in Portland's West End, a key piece of the area's rich Irish identity, will get long-needed updates to the roof and brickwork.
Published
March 9, 2023

Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests

The group used the data to find clerics who used Grindr and other dating and hookup apps and shared their work with bishops, a Post investigation has found.
Published
February 27, 2023

Former cardinal tells Massachusetts court he is unfit to stand trial

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty in 2021 in the case that alleges the priest sexually abused the boy at a wedding reception at Wellesley College in June 1974.
Published
January 11, 2023

Lawsuit against Catholic religious order says abuse at retreats in Maine was coordinated

A U.S. District Judge ruled Friday that the woman, who says she was sent to seminary retreats in Maine where she was sexually abused as a young girl, will be allowed to sue anonymously.
Published
January 9, 2023

Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in unflattering new book

Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavorable light.
Published
January 5, 2023

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope

Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one.
Published
January 3, 2023

An account of Benedict’s papacy to be sealed in his coffin

A one-page account of Benedict’s nearly eight-year papacy will be put into a metal cylinder and placed inside the coffin, along with other items including Vatican coins minted during his reign.
Published
December 30, 2022

Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass

On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed that his 95-year-old predecessor was “very ill” and he went to see him in his home in the Vatican Gardens.