Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who di

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope began checking into two Vatican hotels on Tuesday, where they will be barred from contact with the outside world as they decide who should succeed Pope Francis.

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

The Catholic Church has announced that priests will be excommunicated if they obey a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement. The Archdiocese of Seattle in the United States made this announcement in a statement,