Attorneys for the Roman Catholic Franciscan order are appealing a California court order that it release personnel files and other documents as part of a clergy sexual abuse settlement.

A church giving sermons about sex may have to find a new home. Brevard Public School District’s risk-management department has threatened to boot New Hope Church out of Sherwood Elementary because of a worship series titled “Great Sex for You.”

A group of students and parents sued Wednesday to stop a Wisconsin school district from continuing to hold high school graduations in a Christian megachurch.

An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit to try to stop a Wisconsin school district from holding graduations in a church.

A former Roman Catholic priest filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that as a teenager in Southern California he was abused by a priest who was his mentor.

In Africa, some Roman Catholic priests have children and nuns counsel patients to use condoms against the scourge of AIDS. Faithful consult medicine men even though the church condemns that as witchcraft.

A woman accused of taking more than $73,000 from the Arlington church where she was an administrative assistant blames the devil. Papers filed with a theft charge Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court say the 62-year-old Arlington woman told detect

Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles made a rare court appearance to testify that he knew nothing of sexual abuse two brothers claim they suffered years ago at the hands of a priest in rural central California.

A man in and out of youth homes, jail and prison since he was a teenager has been sentenced to the maximum 40 years in prison for setting the fire that destroyed the only Catholic church in an Indiana city.

Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church launched an unusually harsh criticism of the former ruling party on Sunday, suggesting the group may be blocking anti-drug efforts.