FILE - Abbe Pierre addresses journalists in his home of Alfortville, east of Paris, on Aug. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File) PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally ...

PARIS — Abbé Pierre, a French priest praised as a living legend for devoting his life to helping the homeless and using prayer and provocation to tackle misery, died Monday, his foundation said. He ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment,” his foundation ...

TRADITIONALLY most saints are gentle creatures. Those enshrined in French homes, or on prayer-cards stuffed into the missals of elderly churchgoers, are usually St Anthony carrying the child Jesus, or ...

I want to let you know that this next story includes descriptions of sexual assault. It's a story about accusations of sexual abuse, by one of France's most revered religious and humanitarian figures.

The president of French bishops' conference has officially requested that prosecutors open an investigation into the case of Abbé Pierre, following new sexual assault allegations against the once ...

French prosecutors announced Tuesday that no criminal investigation will be launched regarding the numerous accusations of sexual assault against anti-poverty campaigner Abbé Pierre, as the priest ...

Abbe Pierre, 94, the French priest who became an internationally revered activist for the poor and homeless for more than five decades, died of a lung infection Jan. 22 at Val de Grace military ...

PARIS — Abbe Pierre, a French priest praised as a legend for devoting his life to helping the homeless and using prayer and provocation to tackle misery, died Monday, his foundation said. He was 94.

Abbé Pierre photographed by Studio Harcourt in Paris, 1999. VATICAN CITY (AP) — A legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount ...

The French church has formally requested that prosecutors open an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual ...