Even as Pope Leo XIV's profile as a humble champion of the disenfranchised takes shape, a looming question is how he will ...

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

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

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

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute ...

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse ...

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in ...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the law new law signed by Washington ...

Priest abuse survivors are urging the College of Cardinals to choose a leader who will tackle the issue of abuse in the ...

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

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 ...