The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church have persecuted dozens of clergy who called for peace. Ecclesiastical courts ...

Proposed Washington state legislation makes members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.

The Catholic Bishops of Washington on Thursday asked a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report ...

The pacifist denomination is at the heart of a growing campaign to banish religious groups that compete with the Russian Orthodox Church. South Korea’s imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses ...

He was charged with organizing Jehovah's Witnesses meetings, including videoconferencing, and was sentenced to seven years in prison in April 2023. His church recently said that Kiramov was ...

The public is invited to attend the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ annual observance ... spokesperson for the church, in a news release. “It is the most important annual celebration for us.” ...

Henry did not address the church’s handling of complaints, but said the investigation would continue. Critics say that Jehovah’s Witnesses elders have treated child sexual abuse as a sin rather than a ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses are well ... On the one hand, “it’s hard to see the Witnesses becoming a mainstream church, because it would lose some of its appeal to being the possessors of biblical ...

Former Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sydney.Credit ... There is no place for women in the upper levels of the church hierarchy. All members of the church are encouraged to engage only with church ...

It is estimated that Witnesses Church has around 8 million ... and reject the complicated hierarchy found in many churches. Jehovah's Witnesses also opposes the baptism of children and believe ...