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 ...

The Archdiocese of Seattle is taking a stand against a recently passed Washington State law that would force priests to ...

On May 8, the most senior figured in the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th pope ...

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

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.

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 ...

Despite skepticism due to the United States' geopolitical power, Pope Leo XIV is the first American-born pope.

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

From priests on pogo sticks celebrating in St. Peter’s Square to the crowd outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, the ...