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The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church ...
Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...
Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is ...
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the law, calling it "anti-Catholic." The bishops say it would ...
A group of Roman Catholic bishops and priests filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Washington law that requires clergy to report suspected child abuse or neglect, even when the ...
“902 allegations were reported by 855 victims-survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy,” the report said, compared with ...
Washington is targeting the Roman Catholic Church in a brazen act of religious discrimination,’ the lawsuit states.
“Without any basis in law or fact, Washington now puts Roman Catholic priests to an impossible choice: violate 2,000 years of Church teaching and incur automatic excommunication or refuse to comply ...