Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost — grew up in Chicago, ...

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

An estimated 600 to 700 people at the 22nd annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the ...

On May 8, the most senior figured in the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th pope ...

Students at The Catholic University of America react to the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, formerly ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

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

A new Washington state law that requires clergy to report instances of child abuse or neglect – even when it’s disclosed in ...

In our latest installment of “somehow this is actually happening,” Trump’s DOJ announced this week—with no apparent sense of ...

The new law does not make room for an exemption if knowledge of the suspected abuse comes to light through the Catholic sacrament of confession.