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

The clergyman admitted his wrongdoing, and the archdiocese reported the woman’s accusations to the sheriff’s department, according to the defense attorneys’ court papers.

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be excommunicated.

An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his pontificate marks an opportunity for renewal given a spike in tensions during the last months of Francis’s papacy.

It’s a trend across the country and here in NEPA, More and more churches are closing. But some entrepreneurs are using creative ways to keep the abandoned

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during

In Worcester County two churches will close and three parishes will merge to form a new parish, according to the Worcester Diocese.

Archbishop-elect John Sherrington, the head of Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, says the proposed Bill legalizing assisted suicide in Britain will cause “irreversible harm.