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

POPE LEO XIV played at being a priest as a child and used the family’s ironing board as an altar, his brother has revealed.

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

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother ...

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

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...

The warning comes after the state’s Democrat governor signs a law requiring clergy to report child abuse they hear about in ...

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

We look forward to protecting Washington kids from sexual abuse,” Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson told McClatchy News.

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

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 ...