Officials in the state of Washington have agreed to water down a child abuse law after pressure from the Trump administration and local Catholic leaders. Catholic bishops and the Trump administration ...

A federal court in Washington state has approved a settlement agreement between the state and its three Catholic dioceses that would not mandate clergy to report sex abuse revealed during confession.

(RNS) — ‘The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity,’ the legal complaint reads. (RNS) — Taking a cue from the ...

RNS — ‘It is important that our Catholic detainees are able to receive pastoral care and have access to the sacraments,’ Bishop Kevin Rhoades told RNS. 'Their religious liberty, part of their human ...

(RNS) — Taking a cue from the pope and American Catholic bishops, a group of Chicago-area Catholic priests, nuns and advocates filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, claiming ...