Dr. Christopher Stroud was a Catholic OB-GYN who prescribed birth control and gave referrals for in vitro fertilization (IVF) until a priest admonished him in the sacrament of reconciliation.

When was my last good Confession? Did I receive Communion or other sacraments while in the state ... Did I willfully look at indecent pictures or watch immoral movies? Did I read immoral books ...

There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, created a commission to help women escape forced ...

The West African nation of Ivory Coast needs “a prophetic” people of God ahead of the Presidential election scheduled for ...

Father Joseph Bruce, SJ, leads a presentation during the Deaf Catholic Retreat Weekend held last month at Villa Maria by ...

In the lawsuit, filed in federal district court, the bishops emphasize the Catholic Church’s commitment to child protection ...

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 ...

During the signing ceremony, Ferguson, who was raised Catholic, said he was “very familiar” with the sacrament of confession. Well, he might want to brush up on his catechism. “He should ...

At the time, Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles termed the proposal “a threat to the sacrament of confession that would have denied the right to confidential confessions to priests and tens ...

priests cannot comply with this law if the knowledge of abuse is obtained during the Sacrament of Reconciliation,” the Archdiocese of Seattle said in a statement. “Catholic clergy may not ...