Rhode Island lawmakers pass a bill allowing child sex abuse survivors to sue the Catholic Church.

On Ash Wednesday this year, about a dozen people attended a noon service at Boston’s Old North Church, founded in 1723.

Rhode Island officials are set to discuss a compromise allowing victims of clergy sex abuse to sue the Church.

A sweeping investigation released by the Rhode Island Attorney General has exposed decades of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in the state, identifying at least 75 clergy members accused of ...

PROVIDENCE — Alma Alen joined the Congdon Street Baptist Church in 1964. She has volunteered in its kitchen, at events and as an usher for decades. Her first visit to the church — soon after she and ...

FRANKLIN - Churches in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island are on high alert after federal agents have put out an arson warning to places of worship. This weekend, the Bureau of Alcohol, ...

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Pension plans managed by religious organizations in Rhode Island will have to send regular financial updates to plan participants, under legislation approved by Rhode Island's General Assembly. The ...

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