Father Natale Santonocito is the latest priest to question Pope Francis’s legitimacy and be excommunicated as a result - Tiziana Fabi /AFP ...

Former President Joe Biden, who is Catholic, joined a historically black Freemason lodge just one day before he left the presidency, an offense punishable by excommunication in the Church.

A group of Roman Catholic nuns who were excommunicated last May are planning to open Spain’s first “cloistered” restaurant in the town of Arriondas, in the small and mountainous northern region of ...

An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for saying Pope Francis is not the real pope. Father Natale Santonocito, 61, parish priest of the San Cesareo Church south-east ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Excommunicated traditionalist Bishop Richard N. Williamson died Jan. 29 in a hospital in Margate, England, at the age of 84 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The bishop's death ...

So it involves a kind of conscious personal retreat. In the book, I use the term “excommunication.” By communicating less, you may discover you’re able to live a richer, more fulfilling life.

FILE-- The tapestry depicting late Pope John Paul I, hanging from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, is unveiled during the beatification ceremony led by Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept ...