In 2024 a Catholic deacon appealed his excommunication after leaving the church in the aftermath of his son's abuse case. He ...

Why excommunicate people? Is this not a strange holdover from the medieval Church? Excommunication is a punitive device on the part of the Church and is more than merely denying holy Communion. It ...

Although called different things in different denominations, there is a process of separating congregants from the body of their house of prayer. Most religions also offer offending members a way back ...

Many people believe that excommunication is the Catholic Church's equivalent of capital punishment — the worst punishment that the church can impose on a believer. Some even see it as the earthly ...

The Jesuit superior general, Father Arturo Sosa, has confirmed that Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik incurred an automatic excommunication in 2019 for absolving a woman he had sex with, a fact his ...

I asked Mary Ann Sorrentino if she is still — 36 years after it happened — excommunicated from the Catholic Church. It brought a chuckle. “Oh, once you’re out,” she said, “you’re out.” Clearly, at age ...

Read full article: Christopher Preciado capital murder trial reaches into its second week Jose Juan Nagera, 38, was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Sunday, March 22, 2026, jail ...

When I was auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles some years ago, I spoke up at a meeting of the California hierarchy. We were considering a number of moves being made by the state legislature, including a ...

In a pivotal legal debate, the Supreme Court is evaluating whether the Dawoodi Bohra community's right to excommunicate members is protected by the Constitution. Arguments presented highlight the ...

Throughout the extensive history of the Church, numerous events of lasting significance have occurred. Each week marks anniversaries of impressive milestones, unforgettable tragedies, amazing triumphs ...

Ann Stoltzfus Taylor spent much of her childhood growing up Amish on a farm near Intercourse. All of her relatives were Amish, her friends were Amish and she spent many of her days in an Amish ...