Though Pope Leo XIV has been lauded for his advocacy in defense of immigrants and worker rights—his namesake, Leo XIII, who ...

Washington passed a law becoming one of just a few states that not only requires clergy to report child abuse -- but make no exemption in religious settings where clergy are bound to confidentiality.

Archbishop Cordileone, who has served as the San Francisco archbishop since 2012, is the third member of the Catholic ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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