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

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

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

The U S Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the state of Washington s new law that could require priests ...

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

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

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the 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.

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 ...

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