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

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 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 ...

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

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.

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new leader of the Catholic Church and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Prevost is the ...

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to celebrations worldwide.

Catholics across the United States are celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, as the first American pontiff in history. The excitement is ...