Everyone knows that the strictest penalty in the Catholic Church is excommunication. In contemporary conversations it is billed as the ultimate harsh punishment for sinners and heretics.

The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after ... but not their trademark white shirts, in modest poses. The men also were photographed ...

Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock ...

The Catholic Church has announced that priests in Washington state will face excommunication if they comply with a new law requiring them to report child abuse confessions to authorities.

Young called his excommunication “a supreme disappointment” and was emotional at a news conference attended by about 100 of his supporters. “The whistleblower has been kicked out,” he said.

“BREAKING: Biden facing excommunication from the Catholic church,” reads the post. "Best news I've heard in a long time," reads one of the comments. Another says the purported action "should ...

Thank you for supporting local journalism. To the modern ear, excommunication evokes images of dueling popes, Protestant heretics, the Spanish Inquisition and Henry VIII. It is seen as spiritual ...

His reward for finally believing the kids and recognizing the evil within Chucky? Excommunication from the Catholic Church. [Spoiler Alert: Spoilers ahead for "Chucky" Season 2, Episode 7 ...

ROME — An Italian Catholic priest who considers Pope Francis an antipope and claims to have supernatural communications with angels, saints and the Madonna has been excommunicated. The ...

Now the diocese’s bishop has punished the victim’s father, a former deacon, with the Church’s highest censure: excommunication. It was the latest turn in a yearslong battle pitting the ...

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal ambassador to the United States who became an ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been excommunicated for schism. The Vatican said ...