The Rev. Peter Gori was performing a funeral Mass at St. Augustine’s Parish about noon last Thursday when the news broke that a new pope had been chosen. He said after the funeral, people kept asking ...

A woman who survived sexual abuse at the hands of a convicted paedophile former priest fears he will hurt her again if the ...

Even as Pope Leo XIV's profile as a humble champion of the disenfranchised takes shape, a looming question is how he will ...

The Rev. Richard J. McGrath was a longtime leader of Providence Catholic High School, run by the Augustinians, whose Midwest ...

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

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.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faces scrutiny from a parliamentary inquiry amid accusations of covering up abuse at a Catholic school. Allegations include decades of physical and sexual abuse ...

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 ...

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

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 ...