The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...
A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.
Lent is supposed to be a time of penance in the Catholic Church. This year, it’s a time when priests in the confessional will use a revised translation of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation ...
MILWAUKEE (TND) — A Catholic priest in Milwaukee has been banned from hearing confessions. The controversy started when he endorsed a bill that would require priests to report any child abuse or ...
A confessional is seen in a file photo. Washington state’s government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10, ...
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The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom, has issued a statement defending the inviolability of ...
Clergy must still tell authorities of potential mistreatment, but will not have to divulge information they hear in ...
The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film "I Confess," based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He's innocent, and has even heard the murderer's confession — but cannot clear his own name ...
The new language for the priest’s absolution is allowed as of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Priests must use the new language starting on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the first Sunday after ...
(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...