CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Francis has issued a groundbreaking worldwide order to address sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. The new church law requires anyone who is aware of abuse or a cover-up ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Friday issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and Holy See diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican ...

Pope Francis began a speech to bishops gathered in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday morning with a strong condemnation of the clergy sex abuse scandal, then revealed his earlier meeting with victims. A ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared "zero tolerance" for any member of the clergy who would violate ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those responsible for the scandal in the church, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Francis wrote a forceful letter to Roman Catholic bishops attending a prayer retreat in north suburban Mundelein. The group met to pray ahead of a worldwide meeting on the clergy ...