Dressed in a black tuxedo, black and red cape and naval chapeau ... serving as honor guards for Bishop Dale Melczek and other priests celebrating the closing of the parish that has served Calumet ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by the investigation that led to the movie ...

Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston who are in the United States on visas have been urged to avoid international travel amid the Trump administration’s immigration policies and ...

(In Tennessee, the privilege is denied only in cases of child sexual abuse.) It’s not clear that any priests have been prosecuted or penalized in those states over failing to report abuse that ...

Priests in the Evergreen State had enjoyed something similar to attorney-client privilege when hearing confessions, but the new law — which Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson signed on Friday ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two local priests had the chance to meet the new Pope when he was known as Father Bob Prevost. Now, the Midwesterner is called Pope Leo XIV all over the world. Local priests ...

A Massachusetts firefighter was vacationing with his family in Bermuda when a 75-year-old Catholic priest was found floating unresponsive in water. The New Bedford firefighter quickly sprang into ...

Tamara Govedarovic via Unsplash A new Washington law requires Catholic priests and other religious community leaders of different faiths to report potential child abuse to state authorities.

The Material Girl has arrived at the Met Gala. Madonna made her way down the Met Gala 2025 red carpet wearing a classic white tuxedo designed by Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford. She paired her ...

Connor Hartigan, Leilani Fuentes and Grace Lenahan asked seven parish priests what they are hoping for in the next pope, and what pressing questions they believe the Catholic Church faces today.

The new law, signed on May 2, has been denounced by local Catholic leaders as an infringement on Catholic religious freedom, forcing priests to choose between ecclesial and secular authority ...