A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...

The state's Catholic bishops previously filed their lawsuit in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate ...

Washington state's government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in a federal lawsuit over the state's mandatory reporter law they said could force priests to ...

The guilt of the late Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz is not in doubt, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius said, after local ...

Washington state officials and Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in federal court to protect confession in the ...

A motion filed in federal district court Oct. 10 affirmed that state and local governments would stop attempting to require ...

Washington state has dropped its efforts to require clergy to report sexual abuse when the information is revealed during the ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

The development comes as the state faces two federal lawsuits and an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.

Clergy must still tell authorities of potential mistreatment, but will not have to divulge information they hear in ...

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