The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

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

Washington is now one of eight states that requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if they learn about it in ...

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

Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because ...

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

A new state law in Washington is set to take effect this summer, but members of the Catholic clergy are refusing to comply ...

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

The Catholic Church has announced that priests will be excommunicated if they obey a new Washington state law requiring ...

The Washington law forces priests to choose between civil law and violating their faith as practiced for millennia. The Catholic Church considers the seal of confession inviolable under Canon Law ...

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

Local Catholic leaders and theologians explain how Pope Leo XIV may lead the Catholic Church. Megan Clarke has the story.