The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Catholic priests and deacons, has issued a statement defending ...

NCR at 60 years Read more about NCR's first 60 years in the recently published National Catholic Reporter: Beacon of Justice, Community and Hope. Click here to learn more about the book.

When the Contreras family began their immigration journey in July 2019, they never imagined that six years later, they would be celebrating their daughter Fabiana’s First Holy Communion in Little Rock ...

Orthodox churches have joined the Catholic bishops of Washington in a lawsuit against a state law requiring clergy violate the seal of confession or face jail time.

A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement that clergy either violate the seal of confession or face jail time ...

50% of U.S. Catholic adults in our 2025 survey say they pray daily. 28% say they go to Mass weekly. 7 23% say they go to confession at least once a year. 8 In total, 13% of U.S. Catholics say they ...

Declared "Venerable" in 2018, he was beatified in Assisi on October 10, 2020, after the Vatican recognized his first miracle, involving a Brazilian child who had recovered from a pancreatic condition.

(OSV News) -- The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. The ...

Washington Bishops Head to Court Washington’s Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson, himself a Catholic, signed the seal of confession bill into law on May 3; it is set to take effect July 27.

The Catholic Bishops of Washington are asking a federal court to block a new state law requiring priests to report instances of child abuse or neglect – even when it’s disclosed in confession – before ...

Washington state's Catholic bishops asked the federal court to block a new state law they say forces priests to choose between breaking the sacred seal of confession or facing jail time.

Blanchet Catholic ends its season at 29-2 and 374 runs scored — the most in the state of Oregon. This marks the first time in school history that a boys team has won a state title in an OSAA ...