Religion played such a prominent role in the lives of our founding fathers that the freedom to practice whichever one you ...

YAKIMA- The Rev. Msgr. Robert M. Siler, Episcopal Vicar and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Yakima, has released ...

The new law that takes effect on July 27 carries penalties of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. It also exposes the priests ...

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 ...

A recently passed law in Washington State supposedly protects children but in reality is an attack on the Church designed to ...

In the lawsuit, filed in federal district court, the bishops emphasize the Catholic Church’s commitment to child protection ...

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

Magallanes’s repeated refusals to break the confessional seal eventually led to his execution. In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared Magallanes a saint in the Catholic Church and a martyr for the ...

"Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession — or they will be excommunicated from the Church," the Archdiocese said. "All Catholics must know and be assured that their confessions ...