A federal judge blocked Washington State on Friday from enforcing a law that would require priests to report child abuse -- even when disclosed in a confessional -- or face nearly a year of jail time.

Roman Catholic clergy and the DOJ are pushing back against a state law slated to take effect this month, arguing it will infringe on the privacy of clergy's confessional duties.

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church 1 of 9 | Top church leaders in Jerusalem headed into Gaza Friday in a rare solidarity visit to the territory one day ...

Israel is apologizing for what it says was an unintended ammunition strike on Gaza's only Catholic church, killing three. “Israel deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Family Church," ...

Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and ...

Israel says it 'deeply regrets' deadly strike on only Catholic Church in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday, the Vatican said.

Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, the Holy Family Church has been a refuge for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Here are eight things to know about the parish.

Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack" on the Catholic Church in Gaza.

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish ...