A digital avatar of Jesus, set up in the confessional booth of a Swiss chapel as an experiment to build a better ...

They are welcomed by the Mercy Sisters of Alma, Michigan, aided by U.S. priests and seminarians studying in Rome. The office ...

(OSV News) — Looking around at the evil and suffering we encounter on our screens, in our communities, in our families and even staring back at us in the mirror, it can be difficult to believe that ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

While civil law would assign the privilege to a party -- historically, the penitent who has been accused -- "in canon law, the seal (of confession) belongs to no one," neither the priest nor the ...

The note affirmed that the “inviolable secrecy of Confession comes directly from the revealed divine right and is rooted in the very nature of the Sacrament, to the point of not admitting any ...

Amy Schumer made the confession on the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast. Cooper, 30, praised the comedian for her candour, calling her admission “normal” for many women. The multi-millionaire ...

“No other decorative device or object can accomplish so much per dollar as wallpaper.” That’s the midcentury decorator Michael Greer, writing in his gem of a book “Inside Design ...

The sacramental seal of confession in the Catholic Church strictly prohibits priests from sharing anything a penitent says during the sacrament of reconciliation. (photo: asiandelight ...

A North Carolina husband confessed to killing his wife and his plans to take his own life on social media after he caught his wife cheating. George Lesniak, 63, wrote on a Facebook page he was the ...

Just weeks after telling Jan. 6 defendants that accepting a pardon was akin to a "confession of guilt", former President Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons to family members, members of ...

Colleges and high schools around Mississippi have started to cancel classes for Tuesday ahead of projected winter storms that could leave up to four inches of snow in parts of the state.