A new state law requires priests to report suspected child abuse, even if they hear the information in confessional.

James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed ...

Bishops in Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced Thursday that they will sue the state over a law signed by ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

Catholic League President William A. Donohue has written to Washington state Senator Noel Frame, urging the state to "follow Canon law" on assisted dying.The letter followed Frame's suggestion that ...

A group of Roman Catholic bishops and priests filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Washington law that requires ...

Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo could be a bridge builder.

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

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

SEATTLE — The archbishop of Seattle ... Taylor: How do you see the election of a new pope shaping the direction of the Catholic Church globally? Etienne: We know we want a man of prayer ...

The pontiff said he would face up to "the questions, concerns and challenges of today’s world" and, in a nod to conservatives ...