The announcement followed the IRS’s decision to give churches a carve-out from nonprofit law and allow them to support ...

The law ignited a battle between the state and the Catholic Church over whether designating clergy as mandatory reporters limits the free exercise of religion.

There is precedent for church building by Kenyan leaders. Daniel Arap Moi, who was the country’s longest-serving president, ...

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

In practice, this means that “those who cannot pay the usual stipends or stole fees because of poverty, will not be deprived ...

While some victims have praised the commission's efforts, it has also been roiled by the resignations of several of its ...

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom, has issued a statement defending the inviolability ...

Following allegations of abuse by clergy, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno has voluntarily petitioned for bankruptcy ...

Catholic leaders from roughly 25 parishes across Metro Detroit tried to deliver a letter to ICE officials, decrying ...

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

TACOMA, Wash. (CN) — With a Washington state law requiring clergy members to report child abuse disclosures made in sacramental confession set to take effect in just under two weeks, Catholic bishops ...

Views on whether sexual abuse and misconduct among Catholic clergy is unique Most Catholics (68%) say that sexual abuse and misconduct by leaders is equally as common among other religious groups as ...