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

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

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

Students at The Catholic University of America react to the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, formerly ...

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

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

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse ...

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, ...

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 ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...