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Five Americans who say they were sexually molested by Catholic priests filed a lawsuit against the Vatican on Tuesday to compel the church to open its archives and hand over the names and details of abusive clergy.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and Church leaders should be more discerning and believing hook, line and sinker stories of self-styled whistleblowers like Peter Joemel Advincula.

A day before Labor Day, Akbayan party-list Rep Tom Villarin asked workers not to succumb to President Rodrigo Duterte’s “populist and iron-fisted policies,” saying they should continue pursuing labor rights.

Survivors of clerical paedophilia related their traumatic experiences to the world's top bishops on Thursday at a landmark summit at the Vatican on the protection of minors.

President Rodrigo Duterte will not seek support from any religious groups for his preferred candidates in the May midterm elections.

"The Church has to reform."

Pope Francis's public admission that priests have used nuns as "sexual slaves" -- and may still be doing so -- marks a new chapter in the abuse crisis rocking the Catholic church.

Pope Francis admitted Tuesday that Catholic priests and bishops had sexually abused nuns, the latest scandal to rock the church.

Pope Francis said Monday celibacy for priests was a "gift to the Church" and not "optional", nixing the prospect of married men being ordained.

Pope Francis told a global gathering of young Catholics on Thursday that meaningful service was key to attracting a new generation

Pope Francis said in Panama Thursday that the Church must work to overcome the world's "fears and suspicions" of migration,

President Rodrigo Duterte's state of mental health has been the subject of much scrutiny with his series of cringe-worthy and crazy quotes in his public speeches.

Stop whining and just do your job!

Pope Francis issued a warning to US bishops on Thursday, saying in a letter that using marketing tricks or flow charts would not restore trust in the Catholic church following the sex abuse crisis. "Loss of credibility calls for a specific…

President Rodrigo Duterte has warned the Catholic Church against allegations of sexual misconduct involving clergy.

Malacanang said Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte does not feel alluded to by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s reminder against using one's power to bully others.

Administration Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday said Filipino Catholics should just continue observing their faith instead of minding President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on the Church.

The Vatican said on Thursday Pope Francis was on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the United States accused of abusing over 1,000 children across seven decades.

Pope Francis has declared the death penalty "inadmissible" in an update of Catholic believers' most important guide to Church teaching, the catechism, the Vatican said Thursday.

Duterte asks 'fiesta-loving' Church: Sunday collections are also people's money. Where are these funds now?