In one of three episcopal appointments in the United States announced on Feb. 12, Pope Francis has appointed a successor to Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, who has had a checkered tenure, and ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich has agreed to establish a $31 million fund to compensate victims of sexual assault who ...

The Diocese of Norwich reached an agreement establishing a $31 million compensation fund for sexual abuse survivors, the ...

The Diocese of Norwich has filed a plan that includes a compensation fund for survivors of sexual abuse. Here's when the ...

The Diocese of Norwich has announced the appointment of Monsignor Richard F. Reidy as its new bishop, following a decision by ...

Monsignor Richard F. Reidy, 66, who is vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Worcester Diocese, will be installed ...

Bishop-designate Reidy's episcopal ordination and installation will be April 29 at 2 p.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral in Norwich ...

The sum was reached after five full days of mediation. The agreement will bring about a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, as the diocese rises from bankruptcy.

Synod members will debate and vote on a new safeguarding model for the Church of England on Tuesday. Two so-called models for independent safeguarding will be presented to Synod, following reviews in ...

In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in ... of Rome and pastor of the universal Church. I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the ...

This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 ... declared reunion with the Armenians, and Pope Benedict XIV confirmed the first Patriarch in 1742.