A jury has awarded more than $1 million to former Bishop Hendricken High School administrators, the private boys school ...

The Yakima Diocese of the Catholic Church issued a statement last week amplifying the church’s position against a new state law that would require priests to violate a key church ...

A federal judge has overturned the long-standing “Texas Dream Act” in a move the state’s Catholic bishops say undermines ...

"Our thought for this case is if Congress would (act) … the issue about having the priests stay here and not leave would be ...

"Punishing priests for following the Catholic Church's millennia-old faith traditions isn't just wrong, it's unconstitutional ...

A look at legislative efforts in states across the country that cut to the heart of what it means to freely practice the ...

Catholic parishes will have to pay as much as 80% of their cash assets toward a $150 million settlement of sex abuse lawsuits, the Buffalo Diocese said on Monday.

Religion played such a prominent role in the lives of our founding fathers that the freedom to practice whichever one you ...

The decision by Chief Judge Carl H. Bucki of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York throws a wrench into ...

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 new law that takes effect on July 27 carries penalties of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. It also exposes the priests ...