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 ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in ...

He's 27 years old and a Catholic deacon, who is set to be ordained as a Catholic priest on Saturday. Rolwing studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. It is the only seminary ...

Washington state Senator Noel Frame has rejected the Catholic Church's claim that it would have to excommunicate priests who comply with her new child abuse reporting law. During an interview with ...

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday the Catholic Church could have female priests in her grandchildren's lifetime. "Maybe my grandkids'," Pelosi told Politico’s ...

Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston who are in the United States on visas have been urged to avoid international travel amid the Trump administration’s immigration policies and ...

The DOJ’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, said in a statement that the law “demands that Catholic Priests violate their deeply held faith in order to obey the law, a ...

You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Tamara Govedarovic via Unsplash A new Washington law requires Catholic priests and other religious community leaders of different faiths to report potential child abuse to state authorities.