The Catholic bishops of Washington state filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a new law that requires priests to report child abuse learned during the sacrament of confession or face jail time and ...

In the lawsuit, filed in federal district court, the bishops emphasize the Catholic Church’s commitment to child protection while defending the inviolability of the confessional seal. “ ...

Washington is targeting the Roman Catholic Church in a brazen act of religious discrimination,’ the lawsuit states.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, the ...

The Pope accepted Bishop David Zubik's retirement resignation and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mark Eckman as the next bishop.

I am humbled beyond words that the Holy Father has chosen me, not from outside, but from among the ranks of the priests of ...

Before shepherding his diocese, Bishop Martin had previously spent a successful dozen years as the Catholic chaplain at North Carolina’s Duke University. Bishop Michael Martin speaks May 29 ...

Pope Francis has removed Bishop Martin Holley from the Memphis diocese, according to the Vatican. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville has been appointed apostolic administrator of the Memphis ...

According to the diocese, Zubik, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 last September, sent his letter of resignation to the Vatican, and it was accepted June 4 by recently installed Pope Leo ...