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

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.

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

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 said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

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 ...

But “I can now say it,” John Prevost, one of two brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview Thursday with ABC News.

The U S Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the state of Washington s new law that could require priests ...