Across the nation’s capital, Catholics joyously welcomed the news of the church’s first U.S.-born pope. “I never thought in ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

The new law does not make room for an exemption if knowledge of the suspected abuse comes to light through the Catholic sacrament of confession.

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy ...

The warning comes after the state’s Democrat governor signs a law requiring clergy to report child abuse they hear about in ...

St. Leo Catholic Church off 13th and Yakima has been a community hub for food services and other programs since the late 1800s. Some people told KOMO News that as more and more parishes are getting ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

The new law, signed by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson last week, adds members of the clergy to the list of mandatory reporters ...

Organized by the Archdiocese of Washington, Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell celebrated the 31st Annual Blue Mass on Tuesday, ...

Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state was signed into law by Democratic ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and Jack, 28, admitted they didn’t know too much about the new Pope Leo XIV, ...