Six centuries later tight-lipped priests are once again being tested—this time in America’s state legislatures. Various state ...

Bishops in France have voiced opposition to a bill debated in the National Assembly on Monday that would require Catholic ...

Lawmakers on June 1 removed an article which would have required priests to report sexual crimes against minors that they ...

Silenced Irish priest Father Tony Flannery has once again broken ranks with church authorities in Ireland by calling for an overhaul of the ancient seal of Confession. On the eve of a speaking tour in ...

We have to (yes, we're going to say it) confess to being late on this story. But given the confusion that's been caused by some headlines and web postings, it seems we should pass along word that ...

MARBLEHEAD - Catholic churches within the 19-county Diocese of Toledo will open their doors for a special evening of confession during “The Light is On” on Wednesday. The event, which is held on ...

In the late '60s, when the Rev. Jan Larson was a new Roman Catholic priest, he would sit in a dark confessional for hours and listen to people rattle off a "grocery list" of sins. They had impure ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on Big Pulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict ...

Estimates for receiving Communion and going to confession among converts are based on interviews with 148 converts to ...