The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

As the world welcomes Pope Leo XIV, many are finding hope in the promise of expanding the legacy of Pope Francis — a shepherd who reshaped the Catholic Church by drawing it closer to the poor ...

Geoff Bennett: For more on Pope Leo XIV and what he means for both the church and for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, we turn now to two guests, both in Rome. Kim Daniels is the director of the ...