For most Americans, black history begins in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought some “20 and odd Negroes” as slaves to the English colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. Many are not aware that black history ...

The handwriting is cramped, the entry in barely-legible Latin on the yellowing pages of a sacrament register for the year 1814: “15th Baptisavi Miriam filial Roberti Bankhead et Catherinae Magee natum ...

Members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) attend a press conference in Voorburg, near The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Several weeks ago, a Pennsylvania grand jury ...

A dying Catholic priest calls for the ordination of women in a videotaped message released only to WISN 12 News following his death.From a hospital bed, the Rev. Bill Brennan said he believes women ...

BOSTON (AP) — Two of Boston’s most venerable institutions are teaming up to create an online database of hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic Church documents to help people trace their family ...

ROME (AP) — A network of clergy sex abuse survivors on Tuesday announced a database of Catholic cardinals’ records on the handling of such cases in a bid to influence the next papal conclave, while ...

Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we’ll give one to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you to support Vox’s journalism and ...

SAN ANTONIO – Financial records leaked to the KSAT 12 Defenders paint a disturbing picture about how money is being handled by Catholic Charities of San Antonio, the charitable arm of the Archdiocese, ...

ROME (AP) — A network of clergy sex abuse survivors on Tuesday announced a database of Catholic cardinals’ records on the handling of such cases in a bid to influence the next papal conclave, while ...