Area residents opposed to an Archdiocese of Dubuque plan that will soon eliminate weekend Masses at many area Catholic churches have appealed the decision to the Vatican ... .
An ultra-traditionalist breakaway Catholic group consecrated four new bishops on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV, who had pleaded with them to turn back from what he called a "schismatic act" ... .
The head of the body governing the state's catholic schools will stand aside after he was named in a corruption probe investigating donations to the NSWLiberal Party... .