Archbishop Edwin O'Brien and Cardinal William H. Keeler at an April 2 prayer service. (CNS) Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of Baltimore has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of the Legionaries of ...

Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order once hailed by Rome that fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CN) - The Legionaries of Christ used undue influence to persuade a dying man to leave it $1 million in his will, the late man's son claims in Federal Court. Paul Chu, of Connecticut, ...

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the scandal-ridden Legionaries of Christ that had alleged the religious order defrauded a wealthy widow out of millions of dollars.

The Legionaries of Christ revealed the names of their new general council on Feb. 6, also issuing a formal apology to those hurt by the immoral actions of their founder. The announcement of the new ...

In 2023 the Legionaries of Christ religious order will provide 32 new priests for service to the Church. Twenty-nine of them will be ordained in Rome in the papal basilica of St. Mary Major on April ...

WASHINGTON — The Legionaries of Christ presented a report Monday on their fight against the sexual abuse of minors by members of the congregation. The Legion said in a statement that the March 22 ...

An order of priests styled after the military shuns publicity, but is quietly prospering in the state and is growing in influence in the Catholic Church. Tightly disciplined and traditional, the ...

As the Legionaries meet in Rome for their General Chapter, spokesman Fr. Benjamin Clariond voiced the congregation's hopes for a stronger apostolate with a more keen awareness of their challenges.

Members of the Legionaries of Christ order walk in St. Peter’s Square after meeting Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (Credit: Alessandra ...

Father Thomas Williams acknowledges relationship, fathering child. May 15, 2012 — -- A prominent American priest in the Legionaries of Christ, a troubled Catholic order whose founder was ...