If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

Democrat state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about during ...

From the commentary, "Now that he is Pope Leo XIV, Prevost needs to address the scandal head-on and apologize to all the ...

In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the ...

As the Trump administration dismantles climate action and cuts funding to Indigenous peoples around the world — and far-right ...

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.

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.

Soon after Pope Leo XIV emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, my husband sent me a screenshot of his X account. At first, I didn’t believe the picture was real — Did the new pope ...

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 ...