The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in the ...

A priest cannot violate his mission to reconcile sinners to God through the sacrament of confession without imperiling his own soul.

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

St. John the Apostle Catholic School, which serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, received the threat several ... two days and hired a private security firm.

identifying artificial intelligence as the biggest threat to humanity. In his first formal audience Saturday, Leo also committed to making the Catholic Church more inclusive. Pope Leo XIV made a ...