Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

Amid accusations by experts in canon law that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is in violation of a direct order from the Vatican ...

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

Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute ...

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in ...

A California court judge has rejected Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully denied an emergency abortion to a woman with a life-threatening condition. On ...

Pope Leo XIV inherits a Church that remains in urgent need of good governance. Which may very well be why he was chosen.

Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults agree with President Donald Trump that whether a person is a man or woman is ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Prevost was born in Chicago. He ...