Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend James A. Misko, a priest of the Diocese of Austin, as the Bishop of Tucson. Father Misko currently serves as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the ...

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Our investigation of a little-known church community in northeastern Minnesota started with something that has become depressingly familiar: child sex abuse. The Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica ...

Last December, Jessica Lussenhop, a reporter with ProPublica, received a tip about child sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth. Days earlier, Clint Massie, who ...

Arlington’s Roman Catholic bishop is emphasizing both border security and humanitarian issues after helping to write a rare rebuke of immigration enforcement nationwide. In an interview on the Diocese ...

Agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain a man after conducting a raid at the Cedar Run apartment complex in Denver Feb. 5, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Kevin Mohatt, Reuters ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a rare collective statement condemning President Trump’s mass ...

EXCLUSIVE: After the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a statement opposing mass deportations, a prominent American Catholic group chided some bishops for sowing "confusion" about the church’s official ...

Some see the crackdown as persecution, others challenge the national church’s ties to Russia. Armenia’s first national prayer breakfast Friday and Saturday comes amid one of the most potent ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time in 12 years, U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a unified statement to support the country’s ...

Baltimore • America’s Roman Catholic bishops this week rebuked the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement that framed the immigration crisis in ...