Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the United States, ...

It is within the sacred space of the sacrament of reconciliation that someone can come to be heard.

The Department of Justice is suing the state of Washington over a law that compels priests to reveal certain information they ...

A few minutes later, there is going to be a line. It is evident that the Lord sends people to us, and we are privileged to offer the sacrament of confession as a religious order.” ...

An art installation demonstrating the potential for AI to have a role in religion wasn't set up to take confession.

Q. 783. Should a person stay from confession because he thinks he has no sin to confess? A. A person should not stay from confession because he thinks he has no sin to confess, for the Sacrament of ...

Regarding John J. Miller’s review of “For I Have Sinned” (Books, March 1), I date my lapse from Catholicism to a priest’s too-forgiving reaction to a confession I made at age 14. I told ...

An art installation demonstrating the potential for AI to have a role in religion wasn't set up to take confession.

A priest cannot violate his mission to reconcile sinners to God through the sacrament of confession without imperiling his own soul.