Twitter: @JBickertonUK. You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com Washington state Senator Noel Frame has rejected the Catholic Church's claim that it would have to ...

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

SEATTLE (KPTV) - The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement – even in the privacy ...

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in ...

Lococo and a few hundred other women have been ordained outside the official church structure, and because the Catholic Church forbids women from becoming priests, Lococo is excommunicated.

For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes next, Geoff Bennett spoke with special correspondent Malcolm Brabant. The death of a pope and the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with ...

During his Pontificate, he did make important changes to the patriarchal structure of the Catholic Church – but did he go far enough? Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis highlighted the ...

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

In contrast, the Roman Catholic Church—whose members comprise nearly 80% of the population—does not officially endorse any political candidate. EDSA Shrine Rector and Catholic Bishops ...

VATICAN CITY - Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month ...

The school was temporarily co-located within a public school on 164th Street before decamping to a former Catholic Church on 162nd ... involved maintaining the structure of the garage and building ...