Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the bishop of the Chicago diocese and the former bishop of the Spokane diocese, sahred his thoughts on ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, ...

ROME – The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world .

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed a complaint against him, along ...

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

Pope Leo XIV spoke in Italian and then switched to Spanish, recalling his many years spent as a missionary and then archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.

Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane also expressed opposition to the legislation. He noted that Catholic bishops and priests are prepared to face jail rather than violate the rules of the church. “The ...

The Catholic bishops in Spokane and Seattle have told parishioners they will not fully comply with a new Washington law that ...

Just as black smoke emitted Wednesday morning from the Sistine Chapel, a line of Catholics left Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes - one by one - ...

The Archdiocese of Seattle is taking a stand against a recently passed Washington State law that would force priests to ...