A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...

Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child ...

Washington State permanently withdrew the law requiring clergy to violate the sacred “seal of confession” by reporting sexual ...

The state of Washington reached an agreement with Catholic officials this week not to require priests to report information that they learn in sacramental confession about suspected child abuse or ...

Sister Marie Thérèse Furman, formerly Alaina Furman and a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville, ...

Former Carmelite nun and influencer Laís Dognini shocks followers by revealing her secret marriage to ex-seminarian Jackson ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome ...

Pope Francis said in an interview published on Friday that he is determined to root out corruption in the Catholic Church but that he is not overly optimistic because it is a centuries-old human ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome ...