The suit alleges that at age 11, the boy began to be sexually abused in 1978 by a priest at a New Jersey parish and the abuse continued at the hands of another cleric at the Catholic high school he attended, and then with McCarrick in 1982.

Part of growing up is realizing that someone is waiting for us, that someday someone is going to ask us to share life with him or her. All of that is sewn into the dreamed-of dress.

What does the Vatican document on parish life mean for Catholics in the pews?

The Vatican released a statement denying involvement in the Spanish government's decision to exhume the remains of the country’s late dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

Cardinal Angelo Scola, the runner-up in the last papal conclave, has come out strongly against those, especially within the church, who frequently and increasingly attack Pope Francis.

The question comes down to this: Are you really pro-life? Do you reverence all lives—the check-out clerk as much as the unborn child?