A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

Cardinals say Leo would continue to speak out against conflict and violence, following the example of Pope Francis ...

Last year, while Washington's current governor, Ferguson, was still the state's attorney general, he pushed to investigate Catholic church leadership in Seattle, Spokane and Yakima for allegedly ...

MORE: Pope Leo XIV live updates While Leo XIV's predecessor Pope Francis made historic strides in appointing women to leadership roles -- including Sister Raffaella Petrini as executive of Vatican ...

He pointed to the large gathering as evidence of the community’s backing for the Church leadership. Catholic Congress’s global president Rajiv Kochuparambil, who presided over the conference ...