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

Washington state's new law denying clergy an exemption for “privileged communication” for information disclosed during ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Etienne speaks with Joyce Taylor about the future of the Catholic Church, the new Pope Leo XIV and Washington's new mandatory ...

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be ...

On May 8, the most senior figure in the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th pope just one day after the papal conclave commenced. Originally from Chicago, the ...

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...

From New York At Villanova University, the bells have been ringing nonstop for hours every day since the election of the new ...

The US Catholic Church may ultimately pose some of the most serious challenges for the new pope. Read more at ...

The still-open wounds from decades of clerical sexual abuse, along with the growing power of far-right Catholics in Trump’s ...