SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A cardinal has been summoned to appear in a Chilean court as the scandal over sex abuse by priests and others tied to the country's Roman Catholic Church widens.

On Thursday, a 48-year-old woman became the first person in Chile's history to file for divorce, starting a new era for Chile, a Roman Catholic country that was the last in South America to make ...

All of Chile's 34 Roman Catholic bishops have offered Pope Francis their resignations in the wake of a child sex scandal and cover-up. They asked forgiveness from victims and the Church for their ...

Twelve people in Chile - including a Catholic priest - have been charged over death squad killings during the military rule of Augusto Pinochet. It is the first time a Catholic priest has been charged ...