The priest, Father Basil Hutsko, suffered a concussion in the attack at St. Michael Church, and was scheduled to undergo further tests to determine the extent of his injuries.

Pope Francis blamed "clericalism" in the Catholic Church for creating a culture where criminal abuse was widespread and extraordinary efforts were made to keep the crimes hidden.

Some victims of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are calling on federal and state entities to investigate sex abuse within the Catholic Church and root out abusers and anyone who has protected them

Medellín would be the first and perhaps one of the most successful exercises of appropriation of the Second Vatican Council at the continental level.

The university held a campus party with students and school staffers Tuesday for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt.

Using an abuse and accountability scandal to scapegoat Catholic queerness is not O.K.