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 ...

But “I can now say it,” John Prevost, one of two brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview Thursday with ABC News.

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 ...

Washington state's new law denying clergy an exemption for “privileged communication” for information disclosed during ...

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

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

The still-open wounds from decades of clerical sexual abuse, along with the growing power of far-right Catholics in Trump’s ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities will be ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...