NEW YORK (Reuters) - An order of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 adults who said they were sexually abused as children by religious leaders, the parties announced on Thursday in separate statements. Full story
In an exclusive special report, NBC’s Maria Shriver speaks with three senators who are working to create legislation that will allow outside prosecutors to decide whether or not to take military sexual assault cases to trial rather than relying on military commanders to play that role.
Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church's highest honor: Full story
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that clergy who were "careerists" or "social climbers" were doing serious damage to the Catholic Church, his latest utterance aimed at instilling a sense of frugality and service in the Vatican and beyond. Full story
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Benedict XVI moved back to the Vatican on Thursday, opening an uncertain era in Catholic Church history where an "emeritus pope" and a ruling pontiff will live as neighbors for the first time. Full story
NBC’s Claudio Lavanga talks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin to talk about Pope Francis’s efforts to confront sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
Time Magazine reports on the surprising rise in evangelical Latinos in the United States, and Rick Stengel joins Morning Joe to discuss why many Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church for other denominations.
Top Talkers: The Morning Joe panel -- including Random House's Jon Meacham, the Financial Times' Gillian Tett, New York Magazine's John Heilemann and Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Green -- discusses how the newly-installed Pope Francis is already making waves in the Catholic Church.
On Holy Thursday, Jesuit priest, Father James Martin, joins Morning Joe to discuss the Catholic Church's new pope, Pope Francis, and why the pope chose to forego the traditional big mass in Rome's Saint Peter's Square to wash the feet of juvenile offenders in Rome.
Though it 'died' ages ago, Latin is all over Rome and the Catholic Church. A Latin scholar explains why it's worth understanding.
David Gregory discusses the prevalence of sexual abuse in the Catholic church and how Pope Francis’ tenure will address that issue.
Tanzania's Vice President Mohamed Gharib Bilal consoles a faithful at Mount Meru Hospital, who was injured during an explosion at the new Catholic church, in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
A faithful awaits treatment at the Mount Meru Regional Hospital after he was injured in an explosion at the new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, May 5, 2013. A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person
A boy receives treatment at the Mount Meru Regional Hospital after he was injured in an explosion at the new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, May 5, 2013. A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and
Unidentified Tanzanian government officials look at the scene of an explosion at the new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, May 5, 2013. A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded dozens of o
