Last month, the Justice Department filed legal action against the State of Washington over Washington Senate Bill 5375, which ...

Church leaders said the law, which was set to take effect later this month, would have required them to report child abuse ...

This week in Washington, the Trump administration faced increasing political controversy over its handling of documents ...

The state law requires Catholic priests to report any suspicions about potential child abuse, including information disclosed during sacramental confession.

Since immigration enforcement ramped up in June, some parishes across three Southern California dioceses are seeing as few as ...

Israel has heavily restricted access to Gaza since the start of the war, though church leaders have entered on previous occasions, usually to mark major holidays.

"The text of the bill and its legislative history arguably evince the intentional abrogation of a practice that the ...

A judge halted a Washington law from taking effect that would compel clergy to report child abuse or neglect, no matter how ...

A federal court on Friday blocked a new Washington state law requiring religious leaders in the state to report child abuse ...

Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a federal ...

At St. Joseph’s, the Rev. Jim Worth said the new sensory room, which opened in December, is a natural extension of the parish ...

Coastal communities in Spain every year honor Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron of sailors. In Estepona, a former fishing ...