Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

The dispute revolves around a state law that requires priests to report allegations of sexual abuse heard during confession.

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is ...

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement after learning about ...

In a statement on Monday, the DOJ announced that the Civil Rights Division would “investigate the apparent conflict ... law and violating their faith as practiced for millennia. The Catholic ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Pope Leo XIV met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio a day after formally taking his role as leader of the Catholic church.

The Catholic Church maintains that only men can be ordained as priests, viewing this not as a cultural tradition but as unchangeable divine law ... mediating in conflict zones, Morelli believes ...

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...