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Priest Charged With Stealing $830,000 From Retired Priests

The Rev. David Rosenberg was arraigned Thursday on embezzlement charges and other crimes in Clinton County, north of Lansing, the attorney general's office said.

Credibility of Key Prosecution Witness Questioned in Vatican Financial Trial

The credibility of a key prosecution witness, Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, was thrown into question by new information from an unexpected source during the Vatican's sprawling megatrial addressing alleged financial mismanagement and corruption among top officials.

Vermont Settles Religious Schools Tuition Lawsuits

The Vermont Agency of Education and several school districts will pay tuition costs and legal fees to five families to settle lawsuits.

Ukraine Bans Religious Organizations With Links to Russia

Ukraine on Friday banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches.

Report: Giving to Larger Churches Dropped Last Year, Even as Charitable Donations Rose

An annual report on giving to evangelical Christian nonprofits found that giving to the United States’ largest churches fell by more than 6.6% in 2021, despite a rise of 4% last year in charitable giving nationwide.

Ye’s Trump Dinner Is a High Point for Catholic Nationalists’ Influence Campaign

A cadre of media-savvy, mostly right-wing Catholic nationalists are exacting a growing allegiance from far-right political figures and groups.

UN: Iraq Christians Were Victims of Islamic State War Crimes

Evidence collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014.

14 Northern California Clergy, Religious Linked for First Time to Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal

As a deadline nears for new lawsuits in sexual abuse cases, 66 Catholic clergy accused of sexual abuse have been identified in 116 lawsuits filed in Northern California.