Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal.

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been hospitalized for 10 days, is battling pneumonia and on Sunday also appeared to be in the early stages of kidney failure, the Vatican said.

A little-remembered gathering in the 1960s could have stopped the problems which now batter the Church’s reputation, a new book argues.

Sheetz foes were absent from Tuesday’s meeting of the Roseville City Council, although city officials expected a crowd

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.