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

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

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

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

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

Washington's new Senate Bill 5375 requires clergy to report child abuse, stirring a federal lawsuit from Catholic bishops ...

Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law May 2 and it will take effect July 27. Under the law, clergy ...

Authorities say the 64-year-old man injured in a crash on the Nob Hill overpass on Friday suffered severe injuries and ...

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.

was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. PHOTOS: Scene in Vatican City Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne issued the following statement after the new ...

Want to know how the first American pope might lead the Catholic Church? Look no further than his name. Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Cardinal Robert Prevost's chosen name, Leo XIV ...