President Trump campaigned on aggressive immigration tactics, and polls before his inauguration captured broad support among ...

Politically and theologically, young U.S. priests are more likely to identify as conservative or moderate than their clerical ...

During the Mass of Priesthood Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 21, 2025 ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, will ordain five new priests for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect ...

A federal jury in New Orleans has ordered a Catholic religious order to pay nearly $2.4 million in damages to a man who ...

Priests who fail to report abuse learned in confession could face up to 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. Ferguson, a Catholic, defended the measure in May, saying he is “very familiar” with ...

The new law “puts Roman Catholic priests to an impossible choice: violate 2,000 years of Church teaching and incur automatic excommunication or refuse to comply with Washington law and be ...

The law “puts Roman Catholic priests to an impossible choice: violate 2,000 years of Church teaching and incur automatic excommunication, or refuse to comply with Washington law and be subject ...

In a statement to The Times Wednesday, the diocese said Bishop Robert McClory accepted a recommendation from parishioners and clergy members from 14 parishes in Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting ...

The lawsuit says Washington is “targeting the Roman Catholic Church in a brazen act of religious discrimination.” “Without any basis in law or fact, Washington now puts Roman Catholic priests to an ...

Pope Leo is calling on bishops to have "firm and decisive" responses to sex abuse allegations within the Catholic Church.