The US vice-president will meet Italy's prime minister but an audience at the Vatican could also happen, the BBC learns.

Washington is poised to require clergy members to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession. Nearly two-thirds of state House members approved a Senate bill on Friday ...

Some are concerned that without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege, the bill could place priests at odds with civil law ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of ...

After a third consecutive year of raw, emotional debate over religious freedom and child safety, the Washington Legislature ...

Lawmakers in Washington state have passed a bill that would require clergy to report sexual abuse even if it was admitted to ...

On the night after the Trump-Putin call, Russia attacked Ukraine with 140 drones, shelled residential buildings in the city ...

How can we explain the movement of religious disaffiliation that seems to be happening today in dozens of countries—though culturally very different? What new forms of spirituality are emerging ...

Judge James E. Boasberg barred the administration from using a 1798 law to deport migrants. Does a constitutional crisis loom between Trump and the courts? Judge James E. Boasberg has pressed ...

Post-revolutionary Iran often is depicted as a society devoid and incapable of self-criticism that is dominated by a monolithic view of religion and politics. A revolutionary Islamic ideology is ...

WASHINGTON — If you’re planning a last-minute garden ... Easter Sunday, while not a federal holiday, is often a quieter day ...