Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholic priests in Washington State may risk either excommunication or jail time as a result of a new child abuse reporting ...

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report ...

A priest cannot violate his mission to reconcile sinners to God through the sacrament of confession without imperiling his own soul.

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...

And an early Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms reading this! 💐 In today’s issue: Political implications of Pope Leo’s ...

Modern popes have critiqued capitalism and socialism with nuance and restraint. Leo XIV can learn from their example.

The rector of the largest Catholic church building in North America was "very surprised" that Cardinals selected their first ...

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 ...

On May 8, the most senior figured in the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th pope just one day after the papal conclave commenced. Originally from Chicago, the ...

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

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.