The Archdiocese of Cologne has dismissed as “obviously baseless” a canonical complaint filed against Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki by German abuse survivors to Pope Leo XIV, calling the allegations ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne, holds Christmas mass in the cathedral. German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki will not face perjury charges in connection with allegations of abuse ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - One of Germany's most senior clerics, part of the conclave gathering to elect a new pope, must pay 26,000 euros ($29,500) to a charity to settle an allegation of perjury linked to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — An unprecedented ...

Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse has offered his resignation to Pope Francis in the wake of a report on the Cologne Archdiocese's handling of abuse cases. "In order to avert damage to the office of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — Several Catholic priests held ...

Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne, sits in his seat at the beginning of the Autumn Plenary Assembly of the German Bishops' Conference Monday in Fulda, Germany. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne, holds Christmas mass in the cathedral. German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki will not face perjury charges in connection with allegations of abuse ...