As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...

A Roman Catholic charitable order in California filed for bankruptcy this week to ensure “just financial compensation” in nearly 100 lawsuits related to decade-old allegations of sexual abuse. The ...

As the Israel-Hamas conflict enters its third week, the Catholic Church in Jerusalem continues to raise its prayers to God for peace. On Friday, Oct. 27, in the context of the day of prayer, fasting, ...

A Roman Catholic organization in California that is devoted to serving the poor has filed for bankruptcy as it faces nearly 100 lawsuits related to sex abuse claims stretching as far back as the 1940s ...

Seven Native American tribes in Arizona and New Mexico should soon receive official notice explaining how tribal members who are clergy sex abuse survivors can file claims against the Franciscan ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Tim Hale, a Santa Barbara attorney with Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet and dedicated to justice for survivors of childhood clergy sex abuse, said the Franciscan Friars of ...

The Franciscan Friars of California announced this week that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over dozens of sexual abuse allegations filed against the religious order. The Franciscans of the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Survivors of childhood clergy sex abuse have suffered a legal setback following a December 31, 2023 bankruptcy filing by the Franciscan Friars of California, as it faced nearly ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Records from a Franciscan religious order show three former leaders knew a friar had been accused of child sex abuse before he was allowed to work at a high school and other ...

Jun. 21—LORETTO, Pa. — The Franciscan Friars at St. Francis University have built a brotherhood out of more than their faith in the Loretto community. Several members of the Third Order Regular ...