Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...

The measure, signed by the governor, could lead to clergy being excommunicated, fined and incarcerated.

A prominent Catholic priest has revealed how he heard the confession of a man before he was shot dead and secretly buried by the IRA more than 50 years ago. Fr Sean McManus, who is based in ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been ...

Catholic bishops in Washington state are rejecting a new law that requires clergy to report child sexual abuse revealed during the sacrament of confession—setting up a constitutional clash ...

Catholic clergy members in Washington may be forced to choose between excommunication or disobeying the government because of a recently signed law that requires them to break the seal of confession ...

The new law does not make room for an exemption if knowledge of the suspected abuse comes to light through the Catholic sacrament of confession. “While we remain committed to protecting minors ...

The Department of Justice (really struggling with not putting “justice” in scare-quotes here) claims that making clergy ... or community’s religious beliefs. Because Confession is a Catholic sacrament ...

The book has a subtitle: the Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America, but it’s relevant for Australians too, many of whom will be visiting church for the first time this year ...

Much of the book focuses on experience of Confession for American Catholics through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ­attentive to the ways in which it structured American Catholic culture ...

Here are best romantic quotes from Literature, wishes, memes to share on Confession Day 2025. As Valentine’s Week fades, a different kind of celebration takes center stage—Anti-Valentine’s ...