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Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...
Catholic priests in Washington cannot be required to report child abuse or neglect they learn of in confession, a federal ...
Bishop Artur Bubnevych brings deep pastoral roots and a bold vision for growth to the expansive Eparchy of Phoenix.
As written, the law is “neither neutral nor generally applicable” insofar as it “treats religious activity less favorably ...
The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests has asked the Vatican to safeguard the due process rights of accused clergy, and said bishops have violated canon law in disciplining some priests cited for ...
The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.
In addition to the importance of the relationship between bishops and priests, Pope Francis outlined two other priorities for the Italian bishops’ conference (CEI) assembly taking place in the ...
Priests and bishops from about 100 countries were attending the four-day symposium at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University ahead of a May deadline to deliver their sex abuse policies to the Vatican.
Some U.S. priests have spread blatant untruths about COVID-19. While a few bishops have tried to stop them from spreading misinformation, some observers think bishops could come out stronger when ...
A priest in Davenport has a new assignment, thanks to the pope. Pope Leo XIV named The Rev. Thomas Hennen the new bishop of ...
Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M.Conv., last month asked that diocesan employees working at the Catholic Center in the Diocese of Lexington, Ky., vaccinate themselves against Covid-19, extending a mandate ...