Clergy

(OSV News) — Catholic Church leaders in Switzerland have protested the “arbitrary” abolition of traditional military service exemptions for clergy, in a move which could encourage similar changes in other …

Most U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue recently, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Pope Leo XIV has called on Catholics to pray for priests who find themselves in crisis and to “support those who so often support us.”

The program was launched in January with a four-day foundational certification training led by an internationally recognized clinical psychologist.

“We want to be there, for people especially at the most vulnerable times of their lives, and this is certainly one of them,” the priest said of ICE detention.

(OSV News) — An appeals court in southern Italy confirmed that a former priest used manipulative tactics to sexually abuse several minors, and that members of the diocese, including the …

The human heart finds its home in God and in communion with others, said two Catholic clergy from embattled eastern Ukraine at the annual New York Encounter.

The news came as a consequence of Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti’s October visit to the country on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Pinsk.

“In the so-called green zone of the COP30, numerous priests, sisters and lay Catholics will also take part in activities concerning the climate crisis debates.”

Survivor Jakub Pankowiak said the Polish bishops did not want to set up a fully independent commission to investigate past clergy sex abuse cases.