A 2006 letter from a top Vatican official confirms the Holy See received information in 2000 about the sexual misconduct of a cardinal in the U.S., lending credibility to bombshell accusations of a cover-up at the highest echelons of the Catholic Church

Women who were secretly videotaped by a once-prominent Orthodox rabbi as they used a Jewish ritual bath would get at least $25,000 each under a proposed $14.25 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit

Allegations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick engaged in sex with adult seminarians have inflamed a long-running debate about the presence of gay men in the Roman Catholic priesthood

Counterterrorism official says Islamic State group is newest, deadliest front in Pakistan's decades-old war on terror

A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party says no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with a rare protest over the planned demolition of a massive mosque in the northwest

Thousands of Muslims have gathered at a mosque in northwestern China to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to the government's efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced

A new survey has found that the majority of U.S. Catholic religious orders believe women should be allowed to serve as ordained deacons in the church

Revelations that the most respected U.S. cardinal repeatedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians has raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew, and what Pope Francis is going to do about it

Philippine Catholic bishops have called for fasting and prayers after the president called God "stupid" and questioned God's existence in profane remarks that set the foul-mouthed leader on a collision course with Asia's largest Catholic church

Despite promises, Vatican City has no policy in place to protect children from pedophile priests or require suspected abuse to be reported to police