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

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

Thomas Hennen’s ministry in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, signaled he backs current Catholic Church teaching on LGBTQ+ ...

As of 31 December 2020, the Catholic Church consisted of 2,903 dioceses or equivalent jurisdictions, each overseen by a bishop. The Pop is the Bishop of Rome who, in that role, has primacy among ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has confirmed that the Catholic Church will not endorse political candidates ...

He feels that he has done something real to expose the problems in the diocese and in the Catholic church hierarchy,” said ...

While the report formally addresses all types of schools, much of its attention is directed toward Catholic private institutions under state contract, especially those with boarding programs.

Windsor's Barbara Billey is about to be ordained by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests — a movement determined to shake up the church hierarchy.

Mike Gogan (62), a copy writer from Dublin, also chose to distance himself from the Catholic Church “as a young man in 1986”, saying he has “not looked back” since.

The veteran head of one of Europe's largest Catholic news agencies has resigned in protest over proposed church media reforms ...

The Loretto Community traces its roots to the mid-1980s, when a businessman and permanent deacon from Salzburg, Austria, ...