Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders ...

Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading ...

At least two Catholic dioceses have told migrants fearful of being arrested in immigration raids outside church that they do ...

The announcement followed the IRS’s decision to give churches a carve-out from nonprofit law and allow them to support ...

According to Vatican News, the official Vatican website, this decision by the Pope 'concludes the Holy See's mediation work ...

I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia, Spain, encouraged the faithful to take advantage of summer vacation to delve ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has confirmed that the Catholic Church will not endorse political candidates ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Death of Italian priest Father Matteo Balzano has sparked deep mourning and renewed calls for greater mental health support ...

Francis-aligned’ bishops are following the late pope’s lead in stirring debate where politics and pastoral issues meet.