Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Religious leaders in Washington state will soon be legally required to report suspected child abuse, even when it is revealed ...

Catholic priests are pushing back against a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement.

Victims of clergy abuse are demanding urgent law reform to help the seek justice, after a high court found that the catholic church is not liable for the behaviour of abusive priests. State government ...

Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because ...

Just when I thought I was out of the Catholic Church, something extraordinary — an American pope — might pull me back in.

The National Secular has welcomed commitments from the Government that there will be no religious exemptions to a proposed ...

The Catholic Church is against a new law that was pushed through by Democrats requiring priests to break the confidentiality ...