Topline A Vatican court on Tuesday sentenced a priest to prison for sexually abusing a fellow student while attending a youth seminary whose members worked as altar servers for the pope, multiple ...

Catholic parishes across Northern Virginia will be allowed for the first time to use girls and women as altar servers, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde said yesterday, leaving Lincoln, Neb., as ...

Father Illo isn’t alone in his decision. Other priests and bishops have also returned to the practice of male-only altar servers, citing a connection between serving at the altar and the priesthood.

A Louisiana Catholic priest was arrested for allegedly filming himself having sex with two dominatrices on the altar of his Church, a report said Thursday.

The Pope asks priests to, “among other initiatives, show special care for altar servers, who represent a kind of ‘garden’ of priestly vocations.” ...

COTABATO CITY – A diocesan priest and several altar servers were injured when a pick-up vehicle they were riding flipped along the national highway in Cotabato province on Thursday morning. Rev ...

A Catholic priest, new to San Francisco and no stranger to controversy, has banned girls from acting as altar servers at Mass, a decision that sets his parish apart from all others in the archdiocese.

The priest did not know what he would do until an altar boy, a young Roman servant of 11 years old named Tarcisius, stepped forward after Mass and said that he would carry Communion to some ...

Priests have discretion over matters like whether or not girls can volunteer as altar servers. The Catholic population in the United States has historically been politically diverse.

Recently, the Winona Catholic parishes recognized the altar servers for their time and dedication for serving during the Holy ...