A decline in Catholic religious practice and other changes in western Washington state means parishes will have to merge so that parish life can sustain itself, the Archdiocese of Seattle said Sunday.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson this week announced legal action against the Archdiocese of Seattle over what the prosecutor said was a refusal to cooperate with the state’s ongoing ...

Washington state’s attorney general is increasing pressure on the Catholic Church in a child sex abuse investigation he is conducting. Bob Ferguson said he has asked the King County Superior Court to ...

The Archdiocese of Seattle announced Friday final settlements totaling almost $2.3 million for five separate claims related to allegations of sexual abuse from decades ago. The Archdiocese said in a ...

SEATTLE - The Archdiocese of Seattle has agreed to pay $12.125 million to 30 men who say they were sexually abused as students decades ago at Seattle's O'Dea High School and Briscoe Memorial School in ...