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The Diocese of St. Petersburg said Monday that Christ the King Catholic Church was the victim of a complex financial crime.

This year marks the 150th anniversary year of their work and deaths during the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1873.

The sainthood process entails expenses for research, travel, translation and, if the cause progresses, beatification and canonization ceremonies.

Advocates for dozens of Americans declared venerable or servants of God are still awaiting elevation due to lack of funds

Tens of thousands of the faithful spent hours in line to pay their final respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lies in state at the Vatican this week.

Catholic churches across the Bay Area are mourning the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who died Saturday at the age of 95. He was most well-known for being the first Pope to step down in 600 years when he retired in February 2013 due to health reasons.

The end of a half-century of legal abortion would have a profound impact on women in Florida.

The end of a half-century of legal abortion would have a profound impact on women in Florida.

Families gather around streaming church services Christmas Eve Evan Axelbank reports TAMPA, Fla. - Thousands of Christians across Tampa Bay celebrated Christmas Eve by watching services online. "The slogan, keep Christ in Christmas, we really live like that as a family," said Myles Hahn, of South Tampa, whose family watched Christmas services online offered by Christ the King Catholic Church in South Tampa. "We have been doing virtual mass for the past eight months now. We kind of just figure i...

South Tampa’s largest pipe organ to make its newly remodeled grand debut on Christmas Eve By FOX 13 News Staff Published  Christ the King Catholic Church renovated its organ in time for the holidays. TAMPA, Fla. - Christ the King Catholic Church is unveiling their newly renovated pipe organ just in time for the holidays.  "This instrument has been years in the making," stated Stephen Banyra, director of music at Christ the King. "It represents a remodeling of what was already the large...