Bishop Robert Barron on July 4 urged a federal court to strike down a Washington state law that would force priests to ...

After 18 months of planning and collaboration, Lake Catholic High School is launching a rebranded identity that includes new ...

The Justice Department's lawsuit backed the Catholic leaders in a legal filing on Monday, arguing the law "unlawfully targets ...

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Catholic priests and deacons, has issued a statement defending ...

The Department of Justice is suing the state of Washington over a law that compels priests to reveal certain information they ...

In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared Magallanes a saint in the Catholic Church and a martyr for the faith. Magallanes was not the first or the last priest willing to die rather than break the seal ...

The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect.

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law ... "The seal of confession ...

The Justice Department will not sit idly by when States mount attacks on the free exercise of religion,’ the head of the ...

The Catholic Church's canon law regards breaking the confessional seal as a grave offense: "A confessor who directly violates the seal of confession incurs an automatic excommunication reserved to ...

Roman Catholic Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following WA law requiring child abuse confessions to be reported 'Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession — or they ...